Polypodiaceae
Weeping fern
Lepisorus thunbergianus
- Family
- Polypodiaceae
- Genus
- Lepisorus
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 瓦葦, 瓦韦, 七星草, 小叶骨牌草
- English
- Weeping fern
- Japanese
- ノキシノブ, 劍丹, 瓦韋
- Korean
- 일엽초
Synonyms
- Drynaria elongata (Kaulf.) Brack.
- Drynaria subspathulata Hook.
- Lepisorus atropunctatus (Keyserl.) Ching
- Lepisorus calcifer Ching & Z.Y.Liu
- Lepisorus chingii Khullar
- Lepisorus elongatus Ching
- Lepisorus linearifolius Ching & Z.Y.Liu
- Lepisorus linearis Ching
- Lepisorus mussooriensis Khullar
- Lepisorus myriosorus Ching
- Lepisorus pygmaeus Ching & Z.Y.Liu
- Lepisorus simulans Ching & Z.Y.Liu
- Lepisorus stewartii Ching
- Lepisorus thunbergianus var. subspathulatus (Hook.) Ching
- Lepisorus thunbergianus var. thunbergianus
- Lepisorus thunbergianus var. tsutaei Akasawa & E.Yokote
- Microsorum lineare Copel.
- Niphobolus atropunctatus Keyserl.
- Niphobolus linearis Kaulf.
- Niphobolus linearis Keyserl.
- Phymatodes elongata (Kaulf.) C.Presl
- Pleopeltis elongata Kaulf.
- Pleopeltis linearis (Thunb.) T.Moore
- Pleopeltis linearis Bedd.
- Pleopeltis subspathulata T.Moore
- Pleopeltis thunbergiana Kaulf.
- Pleopeltis wightiana Bedd.
- Pleopeltis zeylanica T.Moore
- Polypodium coraiense Christ
- Polypodium elongatum Goldm.
- Polypodium gladiatum Wall.
- Polypodium lineare Thunb.
- Polypodium lineare var. subspathulatum (Hook.) Takeda
- Polypodium lineare var. thunbergianum (Kaulf.) Takeda
- Polypodium loriforme Hook.
- Polypodium thunbergianum (Kaulf.) C.Chr.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: native
Photos
LeavesPhoto: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Keisotyo assumed, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: kbkash, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Licheng Shih, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, 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.