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| name = ''Adiantum capillus-veneris''
|familia=Adiantaceae
| common_names = Black Maidenhair Fern, Southern Maidenhair Fern
|genus=Adiantum
| growth_habit = herbaceous
|species=capillus-veneris
| high = 20-70 cm (1.5 ft){{SSN}}
|common_name=Common, Southern, True, or Venus maidenhair, Venus's hair
| wide = <!--- 65cm (25 inches) -->
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| origin = N America
|habit=fern
| poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous -->
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| lifespan = <!--- perennial, annual, etc -->
|Min ht box=12
| exposure = part to full shade{{SSN}}
|Min ht metric=in
| water = ample{{SSN}}
|Max ht box=24
| features = delicate foliage
|Max ht metric=in
| hardiness = <!--- frost sensitive, hardy, 5°C (40°F), etc -->
|height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| bloom = <!--- seasons which the plant blooms, if it is grown for its flowers -->
|Min wd box=12
| usda_zones = ? <!--- eg. 8-11 -->
|Min wd metric=in
| sunset_zones = 5-9, 14-28, 31-32, 34, 36-37
|Max wd box=24
|Max wd metric=in
| image = Adiantum capillus-veneris (USDA).jpg
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| image_width = 240px <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->
|origin=N America
| image_caption = Adiantum capillus-veneris
|lifespan=perennial
|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|exposure=part-sun, shade
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|water=wet, moist
|features=foliage
|Temp Metric=°F
|min_zone=8
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|max_zone=11
|sunset_zones=5-9, 14-28, 31-32, 34, 36-37
|image=Adiantum capillus-veneris (USDA).jpg
|image_width=240
|image_caption=Adiantum capillus-veneris
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'''''Adiantum capillus-veneris''''', the '''black maidenhair fern''', is a species of [[fern]] in the genus ''[[Adiantum]]'' with a subcosmopolitan worldwide distribution <ref>[http://scitec.uwichill.edu.bb/bcs/staff/lec/Fern_species/adiantum_capillus-veneris.htm The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill]</ref> In the United States, it grows as far north as southern [[Missouri]] and southernmost [[Kentucky]], where it will generally be found growing on sheltered, south-facing [[limestone]].
It grows to 20-70 cm tall, with very delicate, light green [[frond]]s much subdivided into pinnae 5-10 mm long and broad; the frond rachis is black and wiry. The climate is from warm-temperate to tropical, where the moisture content is high but not saturating <ref>Cundall. P., (2004) Native Plants:The definitive guide to Australian plants, Global Book Publishing Lane Cove, N.S.W, p.298, ISBN 978 174048 027 7</ref>
It is commonly grown as a [[houseplant]].
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[[Adiantum]] capillus-veneris, Linn. (A. Fergusonii, A. Mairisii, Moore). Fig. 123. Lvs. 2-3- pinnate, 6-20 in. long, 3-8 in. wide; lfts. nearly 1/2in. wide, more or less irregularly lobed, at the outer margin; sori 1-3 to each 1ft. with oblong or more or less elongate narrow indusia. Native southward, and widely distributed throughout the Old World.— Exists in many varieties, some of them deeply lobed, like A. Farleyense; a compact imbricated form is very effective.{{SCH}}
[[Adiantum]] capillus-veneris, Linn. (A. Fergusonii, A. Mairisii, Moore). Lvs. 2-3- pinnate, 6-20 in. long, 3-8 in. wide; lfts. nearly 1/2in. wide, more or less irregularly lobed, at the outer margin; sori 1-3 to each 1ft. with oblong or more or less elongate narrow indusia. Native southward, and widely distributed throughout the Old World.— Exists in many varieties, some of them deeply lobed, like A. Farleyense; a compact imbricated form is very effective.{{SCH}}
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