Psilotaceae
Flatfork fern
Psilotum complanatum
- Family
- Psilotaceae
- Genus
- Psilotum
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Flatfork fern
- Japanese
- ソウメンシダ
Synonyms
- Bernhardia complanata (Sw.) Willd.
- Psilotum complanatum var. mexicanum Domin
- Psilotum intermedium W.H.Wagner
- Psilotum triquetrum var. complanatum (Sw.) Christ
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: native, Pacific Basin: native
Photos
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kembangraps, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kembangraps, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.