Lygodiaceae
Maidenhair creeper
Lygodium flexuosum
- Family
- Lygodiaceae
- Genus
- Lygodium
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 曲軸海金沙, 曲轴海金沙, 小叶海金沙, 柳叶海金沙, 海南海金沙, 牛抄藤, 狭叶海金沙
- English
- Maidenhair creeper
- Malayalam
- പൊലിവള്ളി
Synonyms
- Hydroglossum elegans Steud.
- Hydroglossum flexuosum (L.) Willd.
- Hydroglossum pinnatifidum Willd.
- Hydroglossum scandens (L.) Willd.
- Hydroglossum semipinnatum Poir.
- Lygodium altum (C.B.Clarke) Alderw.
- Lygodium elegans Desv.
- Lygodium flexuosum var. accidens R.C.Y.Chou
- Lygodium flexuosum var. altum C.B.Clarke
- Lygodium flexuosum var. setulosum Tardieu & C.Chr.
- Lygodium maculatum Bory
- Lygodium meyenianum C.Presl
- Lygodium pilosum Desv.
- Lygodium pinnatifidum Sw.
- Lygodium polymorphum (Cav.) Kunth
- Lygodium pubescens Wall.
- Lygodium rottlerianum C.Presl
- Lygodium scandens (L.) Sw.
- Lygodium semibipinnatum R.Br.
- Lygodium serrulatum Blume
- Lygodium tenue C.Presl
- Odontopteris scandens (L.) Bernh.
- Ophioglossum flexuosum L.
- Ophioglossum scandens L.
- Ramondia flexuosa (L.) Mirb.
- Ramondia scandens Mirb.
- Ugena polymorpha Cav.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
Photos
LeavesPhoto: Utain Pummarin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ian Cowie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Paulmathi Vinod, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: deepachandran, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Manoj Karingamadathil, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.