Tags: Fern.
Mother spleenwort Asplenium bulbiferum is a fern species native to Australia and New Zealand. It is also called hen and chicken fern and in the Māori language pikopiko mouku or mauku. Its fronds are eaten as a vegetable.Hen and chicken ferns grow small bulbils on top of their fronds. Once grown to about 5 cm (2 in) these offsprings fall off and provided the soil they land in is kept moist develop a root system and grow into new ferns.
