Pteridaceae

Polished maidenhair

Adiantum concinnum Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.

Family: Pteridaceae
Genus: Adiantum

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Polished maidenhair (Adiantum concinnum) — Photo: Oscar Marín, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (2)

Arabic: برشاوشان متناسق
English: Polished maidenhair

Synonyms

Adiantum affine M.Martens & Galeotti
Adiantum concinnum var. flemingii Fleming
Adiantum concinnum var. latum Jacob-Makoy
Adiantum concinnum var. laxum T.Moore
Adiantum concinnum var. pendens Lowe
Adiantum concinnum var. subscandens Hook. & Baker
Adiantum concinnum var. subvolubile Mett.
Adiantum lutescens Moug. ex Fée
Adiantum ramyam B.K.Nayar & Geev.
Adiantum tenerum Schkuhr

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Puerto Rico: native

Photos

Photo: Oscar Marín, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Dick Culbert, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Viacheslav Shalisko, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Yoshihiro Tokue, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Kembangraps, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Yoshihiro Tokue, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Zac Peterson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Liliana Ramírez-Freire, 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.