Asplenium

From the Greek 'A spleen' ( = without the spleen). The Greek physician and botanist Diosiorides thought that some of these ferns cured disease of the spleen.

A large, diverse genus of ferns. The hardy species can help give gardens a tropical look with their evergreen thick, almost leathery fronds. They are useful for providing some structure and interest in herbaceous borders in the winter and early spring.