Pteridaceae
Delta maidenhair
Adiantum raddianum
- Family
- Pteridaceae
- Genus
- Adiantum
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Common names
By language (13)
- Arabic
- برشاوشان لولبي, برشاوشان أرشق
- arz
- برشاوشان لولبى
- Chinese
- 楔叶铁线蕨
- Danish
- Venushår
- Dutch
- Fijn venushaar
- English
- Delta maidenhair
- Galician
- Cabelo de venus, Coantriño, Cuadrillo
- Hungarian
- Lilanyelű vénuszfodorka
- Japanese
- コバホウライシダ
- mad
- Rotèng
- Malayalam
- അഡിയാൻറം റഡ്ഡിയാനം
- Polish
- Niekropień klinowaty
- Swedish
- Snittadiantum
Synonyms
- Adiantum aemulum T.Moore
- Adiantum aethiopicum Hook. ex Baker
- Adiantum baenitzii Rosenst.
- Adiantum cuneatum Langsd. & Fisch.
- Adiantum cuneatum Willd.
- Adiantum cuneatum f. elongata Rosenst.
- Adiantum cuneatum var. majus Baker
- Adiantum cuneatum var. subintegra Hieron.
- Adiantum cuneatum var. vastum Rosenst.
- Adiantum cuneipinnulum N.C.Nair & S.R.Ghosh
- Adiantum cyclosorum T.Moore
- Adiantum decorum T.Moore
- Adiantum elegantissimum Anon.
- Adiantum gracillimum T.Moore
- Adiantum mexicanum C.Presl
- Adiantum rubellum T.Moore
- Adiantum weigandi T.Moore
- Adiantum werckleanum Christ
- Adiantum wiegandii T.Moore
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Ewen Cameron, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.