Hymenophyllaceae
Tunbridge filmy fern
Hymenophyllum tunbrigense
- Family
- Hymenophyllaceae
- Genus
- Hymenophyllum
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Common names
By language (7)
- Czech
- Blánatec kentský
- Dutch
- Engelse vliesvaren, Platte vliesvaren
- English
- Tunbridge filmy fern
- Georgian
- Ტუნბრიგენის ჰიმენოფილუმი
- German
- Englischer Hautfarn
- Irish
- Dallán coille
- Welsh
- Rhedynach teneuwe
Synonyms
- Hymenophyllum alatum Willd.
- Hymenophyllum dregeanum C.Presl
- Hymenophyllum fucoides var. frigidum Liebm.
- Hymenophyllum repens Dulac
- Hymenophyllum thomassetii C.H.Wright
- Hymenophyllum tunbridgense Sm.
- Hymenophyllum tunbrigense var. asperulum (Kunze) Diem & J.S.Licht.
- Hymenophyllum tunbrigense var. tunbrigense
- Meringium tunbridgense Copel.
- Trichomanes pulchellum Salisb.
- Trichomanes tunbrigense L.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: 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.