Pteridaceae

Parsley fern

Cryptogramma crispa (L.) R.Br.

Family: Pteridaceae
Genus: Cryptogramma

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Parsley fern: Cryptogramma crispa — Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (8)

Czech: Jinořadec kadeřavý
Dutch: Gekroesde rolvaren
English: Parsley fern
Finnish: Kähäräliesu, Liesu
French: Allosore crépu
German: Krauser Rollfarn
Norwegian Bokmål: Hestespreng
Swedish: Krusbräken

Synonyms

Acrostichum crispum (L.) Vill.
Allosorus crispus (L.) Bernh.
Allosorus crispus (L.) Röhl.
Blechnum crispum (L.) Hartm.
Cryptogramma crispa subsp. crispa
Onoclea crispa (L.) Hoffm.
Osmunda crispa L.
Osmunda rupestris Salisb.
Phorolobus crispus (L.) Desv.
Polypodium crispum (L.) Roth
Pteris crispa All.
Pteris tenuifolia Lam.
Stegania onocleoides Gray
Stegania onocleoides var. crispa (L.) Gray
Struthiopteris crispa (L.) Wallr.

Photos

Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Bernd Haynold, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Florian Grossir, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Vojtěch Zavadil, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Joan Simon from Barcelona, España, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.