Dryopteridaceae
Diamond creepingfern
Bolbitis aliena
- Family
- Dryopteridaceae
- Genus
- Bolbitis
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Diamond creepingfern
Synonyms
- Acrostichum alienum Sw.
- Acrostichum brunneum Willd.
- Anapausia aliena (Sw.) C.Presl
- Bolbitis opaca (Mett.) Ching
- Chrysodium alienum (Sw.) Mett.
- Chrysodium maracaybense H.Karst.
- Chrysodium opacum Mett.
- Gymnopteris aliena (Sw.) C.Presl
- Gymnopteris aliena var. purdiei Griseb.
- Leptochilus alienus (Sw.) C.Chr.
- Leptochilus opacus (Mett.) C.Chr.
- Poecilopteris brunnea (Willd.) C.Presl
- Poecilopteris brunnea (Willd.) C.Presl
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native
Photos
Photo: Dayron Breto, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.