Onocleaceae
Sensitive fern
Onoclea sensibilis
- Family
- Onocleaceae
- Genus
- Onoclea
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Common names
By language (14)
- Chinese
- 球子蕨, 北美球子蕨
- Danish
- Druebregne
- Dutch
- Bolletjesvaren
- English
- Sensitive fern
- Estonian
- Harilik pärljalg
- Finnish
- Helmisaniainen
- French
- Onoclée sensible
- Japanese
- コウヤワラビ
- Korean
- 야산고비
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Perlebregneslekten, Onoclea, Perlebregne
- Persian
- سرخس حساس
- Polish
- Onoklea wrażliwa
- Russian
- Оноклея чувствительная
- Welsh
- Rhedynen leiniog
Synonyms
- Angiopteris sensibilis (L.) Nieuwl.
- Calypterium sensibile (L.) Bernh.
- Onoclea augescens Link
- Onoclea obtusilobata Schkuhr
- Onoclea obtusilobata unranked hemiphyllodes Kiss & Kümmerle
- Onoclea sensibilis f. acutisegmenta Gruber
- Onoclea sensibilis f. hemiphyllodes (Kiss & Kümmerle) Weath.
- Onoclea sensibilis f. obtusilobata (Schkuhr) Gilbert
- Onoclea sensibilis f. sensibilis
- Onoclea sensibilis f. ventroperaferens Neidorf
- Onoclea sensibilis var. genuina Wherry
- Onoclea sensibilis var. obtusilobata (Schkuhr) Torr.
- Pterinodes sensibilis (L.) Kuntze
- Ragiopteris obtusiloba C.Presl
- Ragiopteris obtusilobata (Schkuhr) C.Presl
- Ragiopteris onocleoides C.Presl
- Riedlea sensibilis (L.) Mirb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Steven Lamonde, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Mrs C, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Laura Clark, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: cotycossi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: aarongunnar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Charles de Mille-Isles from Mille-Isles, Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: cotycossi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Charles de Mille-Isles from Mille-Isles, Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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.