Pteridaceae
Northern maidenhair
Adiantum pedatum
- Family
- Pteridaceae
- Genus
- Adiantum
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Common names
By language (12)
- Arabic
- برشاوشان أمريكي
- Azerbaijani
- Qədəhvari adiant
- Chinese
- 北方鐵線蕨, 北方铁线蕨, 掌叶铁线蕨, 铁丝七, 铁扇子
- Dutch
- Hoefijzervaren
- English
- Northern maidenhair, Northern maidenhair fern
- French
- Adiante du Canada, Adiante pédalée, Capillaire du Canada
- German
- Pfauenrad-Frauenhaarfarn, Hufeisenfarn, Pfauenradfarn
- Japanese
- クジャクシダ, クジャクソウ
- Korean
- 공작고사리, 공작초
- Persian
- سرخس گیسوی شمالی
- Russian
- Адиантум стоповидный
- Swedish
- Frilandsadiantum
Synonyms
- Adiantum americanum Nieuwl.
- Adiantum grandifolium Ching
- Adiantum pedatum f. billingsae Kittr.
- Adiantum pedatum f. laciniatum (Hopkins) Weath.
- Adiantum pedatum f. pedatum
- Adiantum pedatum f. triangulare (McCord) M.Broun
- Adiantum pedatum subsp. pedatum
- Adiantum pedatum var. glaucinum C.Chr.
- Adiantum pedatum var. kamtschaticum Rupr.
- Adiantum pedatum var. laciniatum Hopkins
- Adiantum pedatum var. originarium Wherry
- Adiantum pedatum var. pedatum
- Adiantum pedatum var. triangulare McCord
- Adiantum pedatum var. tripartitum Farw.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- brown (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Doug McGrady from Warwick, RI, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.