Definition of Asplenium ruta-muraria

1. Noun. Small delicate spleenwort found on a steep slope (as a wall or cliff) of Eurasia and North America.

Exact synonyms: Wall Rue, Wall Rue Spleenwort
Generic synonyms: Spleenwort

Lexicographical Neighbors of Asplenium Ruta-muraria

Aspie
Aspinwall
Aspis
Aspleniaceae
Asplenium
Asplenium adiantum-nigrum
Asplenium billotii
Asplenium bradleyi
Asplenium ceterach
Asplenium montanum
Asplenium nidus
Asplenium nigripes
Asplenium pinnatifidum
Asplenium platyneuron
Asplenium rhizophyllum
Asplenium ruta-muraria (current term)
Asplenium scolopendrium
Asplenium trichomanes
Asplenium viride
Aspull
Asron Montgomery Ward

Literary usage of Asplenium ruta-muraria

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of the County of Dublin by John D'Alton (1838)
"... polypodium vulgare, common polypody ; and asplenium ruta muraria, wall rye. Adjoining the Park at its south-western side, is the town of CHAPELIZOD. ..."

2. Where to Find Ferns: With a Special Chapter on the Ferns Round London by Francis George Heath (1885)
"Asplenium ruta-muraria. (Plate XIII., Figs. 8 and 9, page 73.) LENGTH OF FROND.—One inch to six inches. GENERAL DESCRIPTION.—Roots fine, wiry, fibrous, ..."

3. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1906)
"... which appeared abnormal and he took specimens together with others of Asplenium Ruta-muraria, which were growing three feet from the clump in question. ..."

4. A History of British Ferns by Edward Newman (1854)
"I am aware some botanists have remarked, that attenuated forms of Asplenium Ruta-muraria approach indefinitely near A. alternifolium. ..."

5. The Interpretation of dreams by Sigmund Freud (1913)
"... was Asplenium ruta muraria, which the dream had slightly disfigured. An accidental coincidence could hardly be considered, but it remained a mystery for ..."

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