The open plant encyclopedia
Snap a photo or search by any name to see how to care for it, where it comes from, whether it's safe, and a 3D model you can turn.
The plants people record most in your country, and ones that grow there wild.
Filter by what you want to do, shape, origin, country, care and safety.
Phymatosorus scolopendria
Also called Monarch fern, Creeping Dune Fern, Breadfruit Fern, Musk Fern, Serpent Fern, Wart Fern
Microsorum scolopendria, synonym Phymatosorus scolopendria, commonly called monarch fern, musk fern, maile-scented fern, breadfruit fern, or wart fern is a species of fern within the family Polypodiaceae. This fern grows in the wild in the Western Pacific rim from Australia to New Caledonia to Fiji and throughout the South Pacific to French Polynesia.
The scientific name M. scolopendria has been misapplied to Microsorum grossum (and their synonyms in Phymatosorus).
Musk Fern · Climbing Bird's Nest Fern · Microsorum thailandicum · Microsorum
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Microsorum scolopendria 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.
