Anemiaceae
Mexican fern
Anemia mexicana
- Family
- Anemiaceae
- Genus
- Anemia
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 墨西哥双穗蕨
- English
- Mexican fern
Synonyms
- Anemia mexicana var. mexicana
- Ornithopteris mexicana Underw.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos

Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Valérie75 assumed, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Valérie75 assumed, 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.