Dryopteridaceae
Dwarf netvein hollyfern
Cyrtomium caryotideum
- Family
- Dryopteridaceae
- Genus
- Cyrtomium
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 刺齿贯众, 細齒貫眾蕨, 大昏头鸡, 大昏鸡头, 尖耳贯众, 细齿贯众蕨
- English
- Dwarf netvein hollyfern
Synonyms
- Aspidium caryotideum Wall. ex Hook. & Grev.
- Aspidium caryotideum Wall.
- Aspidium falcatum C.B.Clarke
- Aspidium falcatum var. caryotideum (Wall. ex Hook. & Grev.) Baker
- Cyrtomium caducum subvar. hastosum (Christ) H.Lév.
- Cyrtomium caryotideum f. attenuatum (T.Moore) Ching
- Cyrtomium caryotideum f. caryotideum
- Cyrtomium caryotideum f. grossedentatum Ching
- Cyrtomium caryotideum f. hastosum (Christ) Ching
- Cyrtomium caryotideum subvar. hastosum
- Cyrtomium caryotideum var. attenuatum T.Moore
- Cyrtomium caryotideum var. papyraceum (Honda) Nemoto
- Cyrtomium falcatum var. caryotideum (Wall. ex Hook. & Grev.) Bedd.
- Dryopteris caryotidea (Wall. ex Hook. & Grev.) Underw.
- Dryopteris caryotideum (Wall. ex Hook. & Grev.) Underw. ex A.Heller
- Phanerophlebia caryotidea (Wall. ex Hook. & Grev.) Copel.
- Polystichum caryotideum (Wall. ex Hook. & Grev.) Diels
- Polystichum caryotideum var. papyraceum Honda
- Polystichum falcatum var. caryotideum (Wall. ex Hook. & Grev.) Makino ex Matsum.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yu-Chang Chen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jerome Ko, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Meng-Ying Tsai, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: vrxz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, 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.