Nephrolepidaceae
Annual sword fern
Nephrolepis undulata
- Family
- Nephrolepidaceae
- Genus
- Nephrolepis
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Nephrolepis undulataNephrolepidaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Annual sword fern, Annual swordfern, Annual swordfern (
Synonyms
- Aspidium undulatum Afz
- Nephrolepis cordifolia f. aureoglandulosa Bonap.
- Nephrolepis cordifolia var. compacta Bonap.
- Nephrolepis cordifolia var. undulata (Afzel. ex Sw.) C.Chr.
- Nephrolepis tuberosa var. undulata Mett.
- Nephrolepis tuberosa var. undulata (Afzel. ex Sw.) Kuhn
- Nephrolepis undulata var. aureoglandulosa (Bonap.) Tardieu
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native
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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.