Pteridaceae
Foreign cloak fern
Notholaena aliena
- Family
- Pteridaceae
- Genus
- Notholaena
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Notholaena alienaPteridaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Foreign cloak fern
Synonyms
- Cheilanthes aliena (Maxon) Mickel
- Chrysochosma aliena (Maxon) Pic.Serm.
- Hemionitis aliena (Maxon) Christenh.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: 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.