Polypodiaceae
Graceful kihifern
Adenophorus pinnatifidus
- Family
- Polypodiaceae
- Genus
- Adenophorus
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Graceful kihifern
Synonyms
- Adenophorus sarmentosus (Brack.) K.Wilson
- Amphoradenium pinnatifidum (Gaudich.) Copel.
- Amphoradenium sarmentosum (Brack.) Copel.
- Ctenopteris adenophorus (Hook. & Arn.) J.Sm.
- Polypodium adenophorus Hook. & Arn.
- Polypodium sarmentosum Brack.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: native
Photos
Photo: John Game, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Damien Wallace, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.