Pteridaceae
Slender brake
Pteris ensiformis
- Family
- Pteridaceae
- Genus
- Pteris
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Common names
By language (6)
- Arabic
- ديشار سيفي الشكل
- arz
- ديشار سيفى الشكل
- Chinese
- 剑叶凤尾蕨, 箭葉鳳尾蕨, 井边茜, 凤冠草, 叉羽凤尾蕨
- English
- Slender brake
- French
- Ptéris à feuilles fines
- Japanese
- ホコシダ
Synonyms
- Acrostichum trifoliatum
- Phorolobus chinensis Desv.
- Pteris attenuata Blume
- Pteris caudata Lour.
- Pteris crenata Sw.
- Pteris ensiformis var. ensiformis
- Pteris ensiformis var. furcans Ching
- Pteris ensiformis var. rheophila M.Kato, Darnaedi & K.Iwats.
- Pteris gracilis Roxb.
- Pteris heterodactyla Reinw.; J.Sm.
- Pteris multidentata Wall.
- Pteris prionitis Fée
- Pteris serrulata var. obtusata Christ
- Pteris stricta Poir.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: native, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Leon Perrie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Semnoz at French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: anguspritchard, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Keisotyo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kalvin Chan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Keisotyo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Suzanne Muzic, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kembangraps, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kembangraps, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 張家瑜, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.