Nephrolepidaceae
Narrow swordfern
Nephrolepis cordifolia
- Family
- Nephrolepidaceae
- Genus
- Nephrolepis
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Common names
By language (14)
- Arabic
- سيفاوي قلبي الأوراق
- arz
- سيفاوى قلبى الاوراق
- ban
- Paku pidpid
- Cantonese
- 腎蕨
- Chinese
- 肾蕨, 腎蕨, 蜈蚣草
- English
- Narrow swordfern
- Finnish
- Pystysulkasaniainen
- Hebrew
- כליין לבוב
- Japanese
- タマシダ
- Korean
- 줄고사리
- Malay
- Paku sepat
- Nepali
- पानीअमला
- pwn
- Ljavucuvucu
- Thai
- เฟินใบมะขาม
Synonyms
- Aspidium auriculatum (L.) Sw.
- Aspidium auriculatum (L.) Wall.
- Aspidium cordifolium (L.) Sw.
- Aspidium cordifolium var. tambourinense (Domin) F.M.Bailey
- Aspidium edule Spreng.
- Aspidium imbricatum Kaulf. ex Spreng.
- Aspidium sublanosum Wall.
- Aspidium tuberosum Bory ex Willd.
- Aspidium volubile var. cavernicola (Domin) F.M.Bailey
- Asplenium bulbosum Lour.
- Davallia falcata Sw.
- Dryopteris auriculata (L.) Kuntze
- Humata falcata (Sw.) Cav. ex Desv.
- Nephrodium auriculatum (L.) A.Rich.
- Nephrodium cordifolium (L.) Baker
- Nephrodium edule D.Don
- Nephrodium imbricatum (Kaulf. ex Spreng.) Bojer
- Nephrodium tuberosum (Bory ex Willd.) Desv.
- Nephrolepis auriculata (L.) Trimen
- Nephrolepis cordifolia var. tambourinensis Domin
- Nephrolepis cordifolia var. tuberosa (Bory ex Willd.) Baker
- Nephrolepis exaltata var. tuberosa (Bory ex Willd.) Kuntze
- Nephrolepis imbricata (Kaulf.) C.Presl
- Nephrolepis intramarginalis Kunze
- Nephrolepis paleacea Jungh. & de Vriese
- Nephrolepis radicans var. cavernicola Domin
- Nephrolepis rhizodes Kunze
- Nephrolepis tuberosa (Bory ex Willd.) C.Presl
- Polypodium auriculatum L.
- Polypodium cordifolium L.
- Polystichum auriculatum (L.) C.Presl
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: native, Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Pacific Basin: native, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Ewen Cameron, CC BY 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.