Dryopteridaceae
Peltate tonguefern
Elaphoglossum peltatum
- Family
- Dryopteridaceae
- Genus
- Elaphoglossum
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Peltate tonguefern
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native
Photos
Photo: Gabriele Kothe-Heinrich, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nolan Exe, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ricard Busquets Reverte, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Liliana Ramírez-Freire, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: yakovlev.alexey from Moscow, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Paúl Gonzáles, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Nolan Exe, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bill Levine, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Zoltán Stekkelpak, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: harrier, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Noland Martin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification 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.