Gleicheniaceae
Mexican umbrella fern
Sticherus bifidus
- Family
- Gleicheniaceae
- Genus
- Sticherus
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Mexican umbrella fern
- Quechua
- Sispa raki-raki, Rata rata, Rata-rata, Sispa raki raki
Synonyms
- Dicranopteris bifida Maxon
- Dicranopteris dichotoma var. pubescens (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Farw.
- Dicranopteris pubescens (Kunth) Conz.
- Gleichenia bifida (Willd.) Spreng.
- Gleichenia immersa Spreng.
- Gleichenia pubescens (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Kunth
- Gleichenia pubescens var. glabra Hook.
- Mertensia bifida Willd.
- Mertensia immersa Kaulf.
- Mertensia pubescens Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
- Mertensia pubescens (Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.) DC.
- Sticherus pubescens (Willd.) Nakai
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native
Photos
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: marc.moulin33, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Velásquez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 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.