Blechnaceae
Palm fern
Blechnum appendiculatum
- Family
- Blechnaceae
- Genus
- Blechnum
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Palm fern
Synonyms
- Blechnum distans var. meridionale (C.Presl) Rosenst.
- Blechnum glandulosum Kaulf. ex Link
- Blechnum glandulosum var. elongatum Kunze
- Blechnum glandulosum var. pallidum Rosenst.
- Blechnum heterocarpum Fée
- Blechnum meridionale C.Presl
- Blechnum occidentale var. appendiculatum (Willd.) Hieron.
- Blechnum occidentale var. glandulosum (Link) Proctor
- Blechnum occidentale var. intermedium (Link) E.Fourn.
- Blechnum occidentale var. meridionale (C.Presl) Luetzelb.
- Blechnum occidentale var. minor Hook.
- Blechnum occidentale var. pubirhachis Rosenst.
- Mesothema appendiculatum (Willd.) C.Presl
- Struthiopteris appendiculata Trevis.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced
Photos
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 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.