Dennstaedtiaceae
Palapalai
Microlepia strigosa
- Family
- Dennstaedtiaceae
- Genus
- Microlepia
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 四川鱗蓋蕨, 四川鳞盖蕨, 新粗毛鳞盖蕨, 狭羽鳞盖蕨, 线羽鳞盖蕨, 西南鱗蓋蕨, 西南鳞盖蕨
- English
- Palapalai
Synonyms
- Davallia japonica (Sw.) Sw.
- Davallia khasiyana Hook.
- Davallia pinkneyi Colenso
- Davallia polypodioides var. strigosa (Thunb.) C.B.Clarke
- Davallia strigosa (Thunb.) Kunze
- Dennstaedtia strigosa (Thunb.) J.Sm.
- Dicksonia japonica Sw.
- Dicksonia strigosa (Thunb.) Thunb.
- Microlepia angustipinna Ching
- Microlepia brevistrigosa A.Biswas
- Microlepia cristata J.Sm.
- Microlepia formosana Ching
- Microlepia japonica (Sw.) C.Presl
- Microlepia kansuensis Ching
- Microlepia khasiyana C.Presl
- Microlepia kwangtungensis B.S.Wang
- Microlepia neostrigosa Ching
- Microlepia pinkneyi (Colenso) C.Chr.
- Microlepia szechuanica Ching
- Polypodium cristatum Houtt.
- Scyphofilix strigosa (Thunb.) Farw.
- Trichomanes strigosum Thunb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: native
Photos
Photo: Patricio Novoa, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: harum.koh, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: harum.koh, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: harum.koh, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: chen ying-hsiao, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: S Brian Treelife, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 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.