Dryopteridaceae
Peltate tonguefern
Elaphoglossum peltatum
- Family
- Dryopteridaceae
- Genus
- Elaphoglossum
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Peltate tonguefern
Synonyms
- Acrostichum foeniculaceum Hook. & Grev.
- Acrostichum peltatum Sw.
- Acrostichum potentillifolium J.Bommer
- Acrostichum potentillifolium J.Bommer ex Christ
- Elaphoglossum foeniculaceum (Hook. & Grev.) C.Chr.
- Elaphoglossum peltatum f. foeniculaceum (Hook. & Grev.) Mickel
- Olfersia foeniculacea C.Presl
- Olfersia peltata (Sw.) C.Presl
- Osmunda peltata Sw.
- Peltapteris foeniculacea (Hook. & Grev.) L.D.Gómez
- Peltapteris peltata (Sw.) C.V.Morton
- Peltapteris peltata (Sw.) Link
- Peltapteris peltata f. foeniculacea (Hook. & Grev.) C.V.Morton
- Polybotrya foeniculacea J.Sm.
- Polybotrya peltata (Sw.) J.Sm.
- Rhipidopteris foeniculacea Schott
- Rhipidopteris peltata (Sw.) Schott ex Fée
- Rhipidopteris peltata (Sw.) Schott
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native
Photos
Photo: Nolan Exe, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Gabriele Kothe-Heinrich, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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: Zoltán Stekkelpak, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: harrier, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Noland Martin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: laiet17, CC0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0); popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.