Dryopteridaceae
Braun's hollyfern
Polystichum braunii
- Family
- Dryopteridaceae
- Genus
- Polystichum
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Polystichum brauniiDryopteridaceae
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Common names
By language (5)
- Chinese
- 布朗耳蕨, 棕鳞耳蕨
- Czech
- Kapradina Braunova
- English
- Braun's hollyfern, Braun's holly fern
- German
- Weicher Schildfarn
- Slovenian
- Braunova podlesnica
Synonyms
- Aetopteron braunii (Spenn.) House
- Aspidium aculeatum subsp. braunii (Spenn.) Arcang.
- Aspidium aculeatum subsp. braunii (Spenn.) Celak.
- Aspidium aculeatum var. braunii (Spenn.) Döll
- Aspidium aculeatum var. subtripinnatum Milde
- Aspidium braunii Spenn.
- Aspidium braunii var. subtripinnatum (Milde) Borbás
- Aspidium pilosum Schur
- Dryopteris aculeata var. braunii (Spenn.) Underw.
- Dryopteris braunii (Spenn.) Underw.
- Polystichum aculeatum var. braunii (Spenn.) Davenp.
- Polystichum aculeatum var. braunii (Spenn.) Davenp.
- Polystichum braunii subsp. purshii (Fernald) Calder & Roy L.Taylor
- Polystichum braunii var. braunii
- Polystichum braunii var. clarkei Christ
- Polystichum braunii var. purshii Fernald
- Polystichum shennongense Ching, Boufford & K.H.Shing
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
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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.