Polypodiaceae
Common polypody
Polypodium vulgare
- Family
- Polypodiaceae
- Genus
- Polypodium
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Common names
By language (40)
- Arabic
- سرخس شائع, أضراس الكلب, بسفايج, كثير الأرجل, مجنح السنديان
- arz
- سرخس شائع
- Asturian
- Faceya
- Azerbaijani
- Adi şirinkök
- Belarusian
- Звычайная шматножка, Мнаганожка звычайная, Папараць салодкая, Шматножка звычайная
- Bulgarian
- Сладка папрат, Женска папрат
- Burmese
- ဆေးပိုးတီ
- Catalan
- Réglisse des bois
- Chinese
- 欧亚多足蕨, 欧亚水龙骨, 歐亞水龍骨, 假友水龙骨, 欧亚多足蕨*(欧亚水龙骨）, 水龙骨
- Czech
- Osladič obecný
- Danish
- Almindelig Engelsød, Engelsød
- Dutch
- Gewone eikvaren
- English
- Common polypody, Polypody fern
- Esperanto
- Ordinara polipodio
- Estonian
- Kivi-imar, Kiviimar
- Finnish
- Kallioimarre, Pohjankallioimarre
- French
- Polypode commun, Réglisse des bois, Polypode vulgaire, Réglisse sauvage
- Galician
- Fento dos valos
- German
- Gewöhnlicher Tüpfelfarn, Gemeiner Tüpfelfarn, Engelsüß, Réglisse des bois, Tüpfelfarn
- Hungarian
- Közönséges édesgyökerű páfrány
- Icelandic
- Köldugras
- Irish
- Scim choiteann
- Italian
- Falsa liquirizia, Felce dolce
- kw
- Reden ke
- Lithuanian
- Paprastoji šertvė, Réglisse des bois, Šertvė
- Macedonian
- Слатка папрат, Железничко билје
- nds
- Gewone addervere
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Sisselrot
- olo
- Imadra
- Persian
- پلیپدیوم ولگر
- Polish
- Paprotka zwyczajna
- Quechua
- Hanachiwa, Janachiwa, Waywansa
- Russian
- Многоножка обыкновенная, Солодковый папоротник, Сладкий папоротник, Солодка
- Serbian
- Слатка папрат
- Serbian (Latin)
- Slatka paprat
- Slovenian
- Navadna sladka koreninica
- Spanish
- Filipodio, Helecho dulce, Perlepollo, Polipodio comun, Polipodio común, Polypodio, Puli-puli, Regaliz de bosque
- Swedish
- Stensöta, Bergsöta, Réglisse des bois
- Ukrainian
- Солодиця звичайна, Багатоніжка звичайна
- Welsh
- Llawredynen gyffredin, Marchrhedyn y dŵr
Synonyms
- Ctenopteris vulgaris (L.) Newman
- Polypodium auritum Willd.
- Polypodium bipinnatifidum Jenman
- Polypodium boreale Salisb.
- Polypodium commune DC.
- Polypodium iranicum Mazooji
- Polypodium laciniatum Lam.
- Polypodium officinale Gueldenst.
- Polypodium vulgare f. abbreviatum Wirtg.
- Polypodium vulgare f. alatum (Christ) Semler
- Polypodium vulgare f. attenuatum Gilbert
- Polypodium vulgare f. auriculatum Wirtg.
- Polypodium vulgare f. commune
- Polypodium vulgare f. crenatum Wirtg.
- Polypodium vulgare f. cuspidatum Wirtg.
- Polypodium vulgare f. integrum Wirtg.
- Polypodium vulgare f. oppositum Wirtg.
- Polypodium vulgare f. platylobum (Christ) Semler
- Polypodium vulgare f. sinuosum (Christ) Semler
- Polypodium vulgare subsp. issaevii Askerov & A.E.Bobrov
- Polypodium vulgare subsp. rotundatum (Milde) Askerov
- Polypodium vulgare subsp. zuvandicum (Askerov & A.E.Bobrov) Askerov
- Polypodium vulgare subvar. alatum
- Polypodium vulgare subvar. sinuosum
- Polypodium vulgare var. acutilobum Lej.
- Polypodium vulgare var. acutum Gray
- Polypodium vulgare var. angustum Hausm.
- Polypodium vulgare var. attenuatum Milde
- Polypodium vulgare var. auritum Gilbert
- Polypodium vulgare var. compositum J.J.Schmitz & Regel
- Polypodium vulgare var. compositum Strempel
- Polypodium vulgare var. obtusum Wallr.
- Polypodium vulgare var. phaegopteroides Neuman
- Polypodium vulgare var. pinnatifidum Wallr.
- Polypodium vulgare var. platylobum Christ
- Polypodium vulgare var. rotundatum Milde
- Polypodium vulgare var. serratum Gray
- Polypodium vulgare var. simplex Strempel
- Polypodium vulgare var. sinuatum Gray
- Polypodium vulgare var. vulgare
and 1 more.
Photos
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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). About our plant data.