Aspleniaceae
Hart's tonguefern
Asplenium scolopendrium
- Family
- Aspleniaceae
- Genus
- Asplenium
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Common names
By language (39)
- Arabic
- عقربان, الحشيشة الدودية, حشيشة الذهب, كف النسر
- arz
- عقربان
- Asturian
- Llingua de güe
- Azerbaijani
- Adi çalovcuq, Phyllitis scolopendrium
- Basque
- Orein-mihi
- Bulgarian
- Волски език, Phyllitis scolopendrium, Scolopendrium vulgare
- Catalan
- Melsera, Lengua de cérvol, Langue de cerf
- Chinese
- 對開蕨, 欧洲对开蕨, 東北對開蕨, 阿勒泰鐵角蕨, 荷叶蕨, 阿尔泰铁角蕨
- Czech
- Jelení jazyk celolistý, Jelení jazyk, Jazyk jelení, Phyllitis, Phyllitis scolopendrium
- Danish
- Hjortetunge
- Dutch
- Tongvaren, Phyllites scolopendrium
- English
- Hart's tonguefern, Hart's-tongue, Hartstonque, Hart's tongue fern
- Esperanto
- Cervolanga asplenio
- Estonian
- Keel-raunjalg
- Finnish
- Hirvenkieli
- French
- Scolopendre, Langue de cerf, Herbe hépatique, Herbe à rate, Phyllitis scolopendrium
- Galician
- Cerviña
- German
- Hirschzungenfarn, Hirschzunge, Langue de cerf, Phyllitis, Phyllitis scolopendrium
- Hungarian
- Gímpáfrány, Gímnyelvű fodorka
- Irish
- Creamh na muice fia
- Italian
- Phyllitis scolopendrium
- Japanese
- コタニワタリ
- Korean
- 골고사리
- Lithuanian
- Briedlielinė kalnarūtė, Langue de cerf
- lmo
- Phyllitis scolopendrium
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Hjortetunge, Amerikansk hjortetunge, Lindeni-hjortetunge, Vanlig hjortetunge
- os
- Сындзсыф
- Persian
- زنگیدارو, زنگی دارو
- Polish
- Języcznik zwyczajny, Język jeleni, Phyllitis scolopendrium
- Portuguese
- Língua cervina, Phyllitis scolopendrium
- Russian
- Костенец сколопендровый, Phyllitis scolopendrium, Листовик обыкновенный, Листовик сколопендровый, Сколопендриум
- Slovak
- Jelení jazyk celolistvový
- Slovenian
- Jelenov jezik, Phyllitis scolopendrium
- Spanish
- Lengua cervina, Blechnum linguifolium, Hojas de ciervo, Lengua de ciervo, Melsera, Phyllitis japonica, Phyllitis japonica subsp. americana, Phyllitis scolopendrium var. americanum
- Sundanese
- Kadaka
- Swedish
- Hjorttunga, Langue de cerf
- Ukrainian
- Листовик сколопендровий
- Walloon
- Linwe di cier
- Welsh
- Tafod yr Hydd, Tafod yr Hudd
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Photo: Armand Turpel, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification 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.