Athyriaceae
Common ladyfern
Athyrium filix-femina
- Family
- Athyriaceae
- Genus
- Athyrium
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Common names
By language (37)
- Arabic
- خنشار أنثى
- arz
- خنشار انثى
- Asturian
- Felechina
- Azerbaijani
- Dişi ayıdöşəyi
- Belarusian
- Папараць жаночая, Папарацень, Папараць баравы
- Bulgarian
- Обикновена женска папрат
- Catalan
- Athyrium
- Chinese
- 蹄盖蕨, 蹄蓋蕨
- Corsican
- Filetta feminiccia
- cv
- Картлă курăк
- Czech
- Papratka samičí
- Danish
- Almindelig Fjerbregne
- Dutch
- Wijfjesvaren
- English
- Common ladyfern, Lady-fern, Common lady-fern, Lady fern
- Estonian
- Harilik naistesõnajalg, Harilik naistesünajalg, Polypodium filix-femina
- Finnish
- Soreahiirenporras, Hiirenporras
- French
- Fougère femelle
- Galician
- Fenta
- Georgian
- Მდედრობითი გვიმრა
- German
- Wald-Frauenfarn, Gewöhnlicher Frauenfarn, Waldfrauenfarn
- Hungarian
- Hölgypáfrány
- Kazakh
- Әйел қырыққұлағы
- kw
- Reden Maria
- Lithuanian
- Paprastasis blužniapapartis, Athyrium, Blužniapapartis
- Macedonian
- Женска папрат
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Skogburkne
- Persian
- سرخس بانو
- Polish
- Wietlica samicza
- Romanian
- Athyrium
- Russian
- Кочедыжник женский
- Serbian
- Женска папрат
- Slovak
- Papradka samičia
- Slovenian
- Navadna podborka
- Spanish
- Aspidium irriguum, Asplenium filix femina, Asplenium filix femina var. fissidens, Asplenium filix-femina var fissidens, Asplenium filix-femina var. fissidens, Cyathea filix femina, Lastrea filix femina, Polypodium filix femina var nanum
- Turkish
- Dişi eğrelti
- Ukrainian
- Безщитник жіночий
- Welsh
- Rhedynen Fair, Rhedyn Mair
Synonyms
- Athyrium filix-femina var. filix-femina
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. MPF assumed, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Randal, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rüdiger Kratz , St. Ingbert, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Gavin Slater, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Emily Chebul, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Татьяна Максимова, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: MallaurieBrach, 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.