Hymenophyllum wilsonii

Hymenophyllum wilsonii, the Wilson's filmy-fern,^[1] is a small, fragile, perennial leptosporangiate fern which forms large dense colonies from creeping rhizomes.

Wilson's filmy-fern
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Hymenophyllales
Family:	Hymenophyllaceae
Genus:	Hymenophyllum
Species:	H. wilsonii
Binomial name
Hymenophyllum wilsonii Hook.

Distribution

Confined to western Europe (Britain, Ireland, France, Norway, Spain and The Faeroes) and Macaronesia.

Gallery

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  Detail of Hymenophyllum wilsonii fronds. Indusia are present.
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  Hymenophyllum wilsonii colony.
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  Hymenophyllum wilsonii habitat. Near Kendal, Cumbria, England.