Onocleaceae
Ostrich fern
Matteuccia struthiopteris
- Family
- Onocleaceae
- Genus
- Matteuccia
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Common names
By language (19)
- Arabic
- الطرة المتكمكمة
- Catalan
- Fougère allemande
- Chinese
- 荚果蕨, 荚果蕨贯众, 尖裂荚果蕨
- Czech
- Pérovník pštrosí
- Dutch
- Struisvaren
- English
- Ostrich fern, Shuttlecock fern
- Estonian
- Harilik laanesõnajalg, Laanesõnajalg
- Finnish
- Kotkansiipi
- French
- Fougère allemande, Matteuccie, Fougère autruche, Matteuccie fougère-à-l'autruche
- German
- Straussfarn, Straußenfarn, Fougère allemande, Straußfarn
- Hungarian
- Struccpáfrány
- Japanese
- こごみ, カンソウ, ガンソウ, コゴミ, コゴメ
- Latvian
- Strauspaparde
- Lithuanian
- Fougère allemande
- Persian
- ماتوکیا ستروثیوپتریس
- Polish
- Matteucia struthiopteris
- Russian
- Веламкуч, Разнолистник, Страусопёр германский, Страусопёр обыкновенный, Чёрный папоротник
- Slovenian
- Navadna peruša
- Swedish
- Fougère allemande
Synonyms
- Matteuccia nodulosa Fernald
- Matteuccia struthiopteris subsp. sinuata (Thunb.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Matteuccia struthiopteris var. acutiloba Ching
- Onoclea nodulosa Schkuhr
- Onoclea struthiopteris (L.) Hoffm.
- Onoclea struthiopteris (L.) Roth
- Osmunda struthiopteris L.
- Pteretis nodulosa (Schkuhr) Nieuwl.
- Pteretis struthiopteris (L.) Nieuwl.
- Pterinodes struthiopteris (L.) Kuntze
- Pteris sinuata Thunb.
- Struthiopteris cordi Nieuwl.
- Struthiopteris europaea Hornem.
- Struthiopteris filicastrum All.
- Struthiopteris germanica Willd.
- Struthiopteris heterophylla Opiz
- Struthiopteris struthiopteris (L.) Farw.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, 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.