Dryopteridaceae

Hard shield-fern

Polystichum aculeatum (L.) Roth

Family: Dryopteridaceae
Genus: Polystichum

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Common names

By language (24)

Arabic: سرخس شوكي
Asturian: Dientabrún de peña
Azerbaijani: Dilimli cәrgәvәr
Belarusian: Шматраднік шыпаваты
Catalan: Polystic à aiguillons
Chinese: 欧洲耳蕨
Czech: Kapradina laločnatá
Dutch: Stijve naaldvaren
English: Hard shield-fern
Estonian: Ogane astelsõnajalg
Finnish: Piikkihärkylä
French: Polystic à aiguillons, Polystic a aiguillons
German: Gelappter Schildfarn, Dorniger Schildfarn, Polystic à aiguillons
Hungarian: Karéjos vesepáfrány
Irish: Ibheag chrua
Lithuanian: Miškinis spyglainis, Polystic à aiguillons
Norwegian Bokmål: Falkbregne, Falkebregne
Persian: سرخس مقدس
Polish: Paprotnik kolczysty
Russian: Многорядник шиповатый
Slovenian: Bodeča podlesnica
Swedish: Uddbräken, Polystic à aiguillons
Ukrainian: Багаторядник шипуватий
Welsh: Gwrychredynen galed

Synonyms

Aetopteron aculeatum (L.) House
Aspidium aculeatum (L.) Sw.
Aspidium aculeatum f. plukenetii (Loisel.) Döll
Aspidium aculeatum f. rotundatum Döll
Aspidium aculeatum f. simplicius Lindm.
Aspidium aculeatum f. umbraticum (Kuntze) Döll
Aspidium aculeatum subsp. lobatum (Huds.) Celak.
Aspidium aculeatum subsp. lobatum (Huds.) Milde
Aspidium aculeatum subsp. lobatum (Huds.) Niessl
Aspidium aculeatum var. angulare A.Braun ex Döll
Aspidium aculeatum var. aristatum Christ
Aspidium aculeatum var. cambricum Gray
Aspidium aculeatum var. intermedium Bellynck
Aspidium aculeatum var. lobatum (Huds.) Warnst.
Aspidium aculeatum var. lobatum (Huds.) Hampe
Aspidium aculeatum var. longilobum Milde
Aspidium aculeatum var. muscosum Gray
Aspidium aculeatum var. plukenetii (Loisel.) Bellynck
Aspidium aculeatum var. plukenetii (Loisel.) Rouy
Aspidium aculeatum var. pseudolonchitis Bellynck
Aspidium aculeatum var. vulgare Döll
Aspidium angulare subsp. aculeatum (L.) C.Hartm.
Aspidium bosniacum Formánek
Aspidium hastulatum subsp. lobatum (Huds.) Simonk.
Aspidium intermedium Sadler
Aspidium lobatum (Huds.) Sw.
Aspidium lobatum f. abnorme Zapal.
Aspidium lobatum f. plukenetii (Loisel.) Zapal.
Aspidium lobatum var. aristatum Christ
Aspidium lobatum var. longilobum Milde
Aspidium lobatum var. microlobum Milde
Aspidium lobatum var. platylobum Milde
Aspidium lobatum var. plukenetii (Loisel.) F.Hofer
Aspidium lobatum var. ramosum Gray
Aspidium lobatum var. rigidum Christ
Aspidium lobatum var. subtripinnatum Milde
Aspidium lobatum var. umbraticum Kunze
Aspidium munitum Sadler
Aspidium plukenetii Steud.
Aspidium pseudolonchitis Dumort.

and 32 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.