Pteridaceae
Ladder brake
Pteris vittata
- Family
- Pteridaceae
- Genus
- Pteris
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Common names
By language (12)
- Arabic
- ديشار مخطط, ديشار بركاني
- arz
- ديشار مخطط
- Bangla
- টেরিস ভিট্টাটা
- Chinese
- 蜈蚣凤尾蕨, 鱗蓋鳳尾蕨, 蜈蚣草, 蜈蚣蕨, 长叶甘草蕨
- English
- Ladder brake, Chinese brake, Chinese ladder brake, Ladder brake fern
- German
- Gebänderter Saumfarn
- Hebrew
- אברה ארוכת עלים, אברה ארוכת-עלים
- Japanese
- モエジマシダ
- Malayalam
- പെറ്ററിസ് വിറ്റാറ്റ
- Persian
- سرخس دوپایه نواری
- Spanish
- Filipodio cordobés, Helecho de habichuela
- Tamil
- பெரணி
Synonyms
- Aspidium humile Willd.
- Polypodium trapezoides Burm.
- Pteris acuminatissima Blume
- Pteris alpinii Desv.
- Pteris amplectens Wall.
- Pteris amplexicaulis Roxb.
- Pteris aspera Fée
- Pteris costata Bory; Willd.
- Pteris diversifolia Sw.
- Pteris ensifolia Poir.
- Pteris guichenotiana Gaudich.
- Pteris guichenotii Decne.
- Pteris inaequilateralis Poir.
- Pteris indica Poir.
- Pteris lanceolata Desf.
- Pteris linearis Roxb.
- Pteris longifolia var. brevipinna Domin
- Pteris longifolia var. vittata (L.) C.Chr.
- Pteris microdonata Gaudin
- Pteris microdonta Gaudich.
- Pteris obliqua Forssk.
- Pteris ophioderma Fée
- Pteris semihirta Link
- Pteris tenuifolia Brack.
- Pteris vittata f. cristata Ching
- Pteris vittata subsp. bengalensis Fraser-Jenk.
- Pteris vulcanica Bertol.
- Pycnodoria vittata (L.) Small
- Pycnodoria vittata (L.) Small
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Len Worthington, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Len Worthington, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mr. Rasel Hasan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Meteorquake, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Meteorquake, CC BY 4.0, 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.