Pteridaceae
Jamaican goldback fern
Pityrogramma sulphurea
- Family
- Pteridaceae
- Genus
- Pityrogramma
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Jamaican goldback fern
Synonyms
- Acrostichum sulphureum Sw.
- Ceropteris sulphurea (Sw.) Fée
- Gymnogramma calomelanos f. sulphurea (Sw.) Duss
- Gymnogramma sulphurea (Sw.) Desv.
- Gymnogramma sulphurea var. argentea Christ ex Urb.
- Gymnogramma sulphurea var. wilsonii Jenman
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native
Photos
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0); popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.