Pteridaceae
Dixie silverback fern
Pityrogramma calomelanos
- Family
- Pteridaceae
- Genus
- Pityrogramma
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 粉叶蕨, 粉葉蕨
- English
- Dixie silverback fern
- Indonesian
- Paku perak
Synonyms
- Acrostichum album Vell.
- Acrostichum calomelanos L.
- Ceratopteris calomelanos (L.) Underw.
- Ceropteris calomelanos (L.) Link
- Ceropteris calomelanos (L.) Underw.
- Ceropteris calomelanos var. gracilis Hieron.
- Ceropteris distans Link
- Ceropteris martensii Link
- Ceropteris massonii Link
- Ceropteris serrata Fée
- Gymnogramma bidentata C.Presl
- Gymnogramma calomelanos (L.) Kaulf.
- Gymnogramma calomelanos f. albofarinosa Krug
- Gymnogramma calomelanos f. epruinata Kuhn
- Gymnogramma calomelanos f. flavofarinosa Kuhn
- Gymnogramma calomelanos var. denudata Harr.
- Gymnogramma calomelanos var. martensii Jenman
- Gymnogramma calomelas Link
- Gymnogramma distans Link
- Gymnogramma hybrida M.Martens
- Gymnogramma martensii Bory; Kze.
- Gymnogramma massonii Loud.
- Gymnogramma serrata T.Moore
- Neurogramma calomelanos (L.) Diels
- Pityrogramma albicans Domin
- Pityrogramma calomelanos var. calomelanos
- Pityrogramma calomelanos var. distans Urb.
- Pityrogramma calomelanos var. distans (Link) Urb.
- Pityrogramma calomelanos var. integrifoliolata J.Murillo & M.T.Murillo
- Pityrogramma chamaesorbus Domin
- Pityrogramma consimilis Domin
- Pityrogramma hybrida Domin
- Pityrogramma insularis Domin
- Pityrogramma intermedia Domin
- Pityrogramma mira Domin
- Pityrogramma tenerrima Domin
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yi CHEN, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Павлик Лисицын, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sam J. Thomas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Suzanne Muzic, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vojtěch Zavadil, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vojtěch Zavadil, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.