Polypodiaceae
Triploid fern
Microsorum spectrum
- Family
- Polypodiaceae
- Genus
- Microsorum
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Triploid fern
Synonyms
- Colysis spectra (Kaulf.) J.Sm.
- Colysis spectrum (Kaulf.) J.Sm.
- Drynaria spectrum (Kaulf.) J.Sm.
- Drynaria thouiniana (Gaudich.) Fée
- Phymatodes spectrum (Kaulf.) C.Presl
- Pleopeltis spectrum (Kaulf.) T.Moore
- Polypodium spectrum Kaulf.
- Polypodium spectrum var. ovatum Hillebr.
- Polypodium thouinianum Gaudich.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: native
Photos
Photo: John Game, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Addie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Neal Kelso, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Neal Kelso, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Damien Wallace, CC0, from iNaturalist
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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.