Cystopteridaceae
Mountain bladderfern
Cystopteris montana
- Family
- Cystopteridaceae
- Genus
- Cystopteris
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Common names
By language (10)
- Chinese
- 高山冷蕨
- English
- Mountain bladderfern
- Finnish
- Vuoriloikko
- German
- Berg-Blasenfarn
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Fjell-lok, Fjellok
- Persian
- سرخس بادکنکی کوهی
- Polish
- Paprotnica górska
- Slovenian
- Gorska priščanica
- Swedish
- Finbräken
- Welsh
- Ffiolredynen y mynydd
Synonyms
- Aspidium montanum (Lam.) Sw.
- Aspidium myrrhidifolium (Vill.) Chevall.
- Athyrium montanum (Lam.) Röhl. ex Speng.
- Cyathea montana (Lam.) Sm.
- Cyste montana (Lam.) Dulac
- Cystea montana (Lam.) Watt
- Cystopteris allionii Newman
- Cystopteris montana f. glabrescens Zapal.
- Cystopteris myrrhidifolia (Vill.) Newman
- Filicula montana (Lam.) Farw.
- Filix montana (Lam.) Underw.
- Polypodium montanum Lam.
- Polypodium montium J.F.Gmel.
- Polypodium myrrhidifolium Vill.
- Rhizomatopteris montana (Lam.) A.P.Khokhr.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
LeavesPhoto: Dustin Snider, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: HermannSchachner, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Johan N, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrew Bazdyrev, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Laura Holloway, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: HermannSchachner, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vasyl Pokynchereda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: HermannSchachner, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Erwin Gruber, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: caspar s, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Erwin Gruber, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Pmau, 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.