Aspleniaceae

Sickle speenwort

Asplenium polyodon G.Forst.

Family: Aspleniaceae
Genus: Asplenium

Pet and kid safety: not checked yet. Check pet-safe plants

Sickle speenwort: This photo is from Gardenology.org and is available under CC-BY-SA 3.0 license. If you use it, please include attribution to Gardenology.org, with a link if the — Photo: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

Is yours looking unwell? Scan your plant — free

Common names

By language (2)

Chinese: 镰叶铁角蕨, 革葉鐵角蕨, 骨把
English: Sickle speenwort, Cook's spleenwort

Synonyms

Asplenium adiantoides var. polyodon (G.Forst.) C.Chr.
Asplenium adiantoides var. whittlei (F.M.Bailey) Domin
Asplenium cookii Copel.
Asplenium falcatum var. whittlei F.M.Bailey
Asplenium forsterianum Colenso
Tarachia polyodon C.Presl

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Hawaii: native, Pacific Basin: native

Photos

Photo: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Rudolph89, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

More in Asplenium

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.