Adiantum capillus-veneris
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{{Taxobox | color = lightgreen | name = Adiantum capillus-veneris | image = | image_width = 240px | image_caption = | regnum = Plantae | divisio = Pteridophyta | classis = Pteridopsida | ordo = Pteridales | familia = Adiantaceae | genus = Adiantum | species = A. capillus-veneris | binomial = Adiantum capillus-veneris | binomial_authority = L. }}
Adiantum capillus-veneris (Black Maidenhair Fern) is a species of fern in the genus Adiantum with a subcosmopolitan distribution, native to western and southern Europe, Africa, North America, Central America.
It grows to 20-70 cm tall, with very delicate, light green fronds much subdivided into pinnae 5-10 mm long and broad; the frond rachis is black and wiry.
It is commonly grown as a houseplant.