Nephrolepidaceae
Fishbone fern
Nephrolepis acutifolia
- Family
- Nephrolepidaceae
- Genus
- Nephrolepis
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Fishbone fern
Synonyms
- Diellia brownii E.Brown
- Isoloma lanuginosum J.Sm.
- Lindsaea acutifolia Desv.
- Lindsaea lanuginosa Hook.
- Lindsayoides acutifolia (Desv.) Nakai
- Nephrolepis lindsayae Christ
- Nephrolepis niphoboloides Alderw.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: native
Photos
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.