Pteridaceae
Mountain silverback fern
Pityrogramma ebenea
- Family
- Pteridaceae
- Genus
- Pityrogramma
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Common names
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- English
- Mountain silverback fern
Synonyms
- Acrostichum ebeneum L.
- Acrostichum tartareum Cav.
- Ceropteris pallescens Fée
- Ceropteris peruviana (Desv.) Link
- Ceropteris plicata Fée
- Ceropteris stuebelii Hieron.
- Ceropteris tartarea (Cav.) Link
- Gymnogramma calomelanos f. peruviana (Desv.) J.Bommer & Christ
- Gymnogramma calomelanos f. peruviana (Desv.) J.Bommer & Christ
- Gymnogramma calomelanos f. tartarea (Cav.) J.Bommer & Christ
- Gymnogramma calomelanos var. peruviana (Desv.) Baker
- Gymnogramma calomelanos var. tartarea (Cav.) Baker
- Gymnogramma mayi Anon.
- Gymnogramma pallescens T.Moore
- Gymnogramma peruviana Desv.
- Gymnogramma peruviana var. argyrophylla Underw.
- Gymnogramma peruviana var. major E.Fourn.
- Gymnogramma plicata T.Moore
- Gymnogramma tartarea (Cav.) Desv.
- Gymnogramma tartarea var. aureo-pallida E.Fourn.
- Gymnogramma tartarea var. aureopallida E.Fourn.
- Hemionitis dealbata Willd.
- Neurogramma peruviana (Desv.) Hieron.
- Neurogramma tartarea (Cav.) Diels
- Pityrogramma calomelanos var. peruviana (Desv.) Farw.
- Pityrogramma dualis Domin
- Pityrogramma ebenea var. ebenea
- Pityrogramma peruviana Domin
- Pityrogramma peruviana (Desv.) Maxon
- Pityrogramma stuebelii (Hieron.) Domin
- Pityrogramma tartarea Domin
- Pityrogramma tartarea (Cav.) Maxon
- Pityrogramma tartarea var. arcuata Domin
- Pityrogramma tartarea var. delicatula Domin
- Pityrogramma tartarea var. fallax Domin
- Pityrogramma tartarea var. kalbreyeri Domin
- Pityrogramma tartarea var. mathewsii Domin
- Pityrogramma tartarea var. pteridioides Domin
- Pityrogramma tripinnata Domin
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: C T Johansson, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ricardo Betancourt Sánchez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Viacheslav Shalisko, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stevia, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jonatan Castro Hernández, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.