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Davalliaceae

Haresfoot fern

Davallia repens (L.f.) Kuhn

Family
Davalliaceae
Genus
Davallia

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Haresfoot fern: Species Davallia repens (syn. Pachypleuria repens ) Japanese name:Kikusinobu Date;2007,11;01: Wakayama prefecture, Japan Author;Keisotyo
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Keisotyo assumed, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)
Chinese
阴石蕨, 陰石蕨, 热带阴石蕨, 熱帶陰石蕨, 半圆盖阴石蕨, 红毛蛇
English
Haresfoot fern

Synonyms

  • Adiantum repens L.f.
  • Aspidium stipitatum Mett.
  • Davallia alpina Blume
  • Davallia anderssonii Mett.
  • Davallia belangeri Bory
  • Davallia bipinnatifida Blume
  • Davallia bipinnatifida (T.Moore) Baker
  • Davallia botrychioides (Brack.) Baker
  • Davallia cordifolia Roxb.
  • Davallia longula Kunze
  • Davallia pedata Sm.
  • Davallia pellucida Desv.
  • Davallia pinnatifida Baker
  • Davallia rigida Sol.
  • Davallia subimbricata Blume
  • Davallia vestita Blume
  • Dryopteris stipitata (Mett.) Kuntze
  • Humata alpina (Blume) T.Moore
  • Humata anderssonii (Mett.) C.Chr.
  • Humata bipinnatifida T.Moore
  • Humata botrychioides Brack.
  • Humata brooksii Copel.
  • Humata crassifrons Alderw.
  • Humata cromwelliana Rosenst.
  • Humata deltoidea Copel.
  • Humata dissecta Alston
  • Humata intermedia C.Chr.
  • Humata introrsa Christ
  • Humata kaudernii C.Chr.
  • Humata ledermannii Brause
  • Humata longula (Kunze) T.Moore
  • Humata mecodiodes Copel.
  • Humata minuscula (Christ) Alderw.
  • Humata multifida Carruth.
  • Humata multifida (Baker) Carr. ex Brownlie
  • Humata neoguineensis C.Chr.
  • Humata pedata J.Sm.
  • Humata perpusilla Alderw.
  • Humata pinnatifida Bedd.
  • Humata pinnatifida (Baker) Bedd.

and 21 more.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Pacific Basin: native

Photos

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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.