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Southern Lady Fern

Athyrium asplenioides

Also called Asplenium Ladyfern

Southern Lady Fern
Photo: Shawn Taylor, CC BY 4.0
Family
Athyriaceae (Athyri family)
Grows as
Fern
Native range
C. & E. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Athyrium asplenioides, or southern lady fern, is a species of the family Athyriaceae. It is a deciduous fern and reaches a height between 1 and 3 feet

Its specific epithet asplenioides means "Asplenium-like". Many botanists instead considered it a variety of the common lady-fern, making it Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth, var. asplenioides (Michx.) Farwell.

Other Athyrium plants

Alpine ladyfern · Northeastern Lady Fern · Athyrium arisanense · Shady Ladyfern · Lady-fern · Athyrium haleakalae · Athyrium medium · Eared Lady Fern · Asian Common Ladyfern · Lady Fern

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Athyrium asplenioides by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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