Blechnaceae
Deer fern
Struthiopteris spicant
- Family
- Blechnaceae
- Genus
- Struthiopteris
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Common names
By language (19)
- Arabic
- بلخنون سنبلي, بقلة الطحال
- arz
- بلخنون سنبلى
- Asturian
- Sardina
- Chinese
- 鹿蕨, 硬乌毛蕨, 穗乌毛蕨
- Czech
- Žebrovice různolistá
- Danish
- Kambregne
- Dutch
- Dubbelloof
- English
- Deer fern, Hard fern
- Estonian
- Tähk-roodjalg
- Finnish
- Kaitakampasulka
- Hungarian
- Erdei bordapáfrány
- Icelandic
- Skollakambur
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Bjørnekam
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Bjørnekam
- Persian
- سرخس آهو
- Serbian
- Rebrača
- Slovenian
- Rebrenjača
- Swedish
- Kambräken
- Welsh
- Gwibredynen gwibredyn
Synonyms
- Acrostichum lineatum Cav.
- Acrostichum nemorale Lam.
- Acrostichum spicant (L.) Willd.
- Acrostichum spicant (L.) Roth
- Asplenium spicant (L.) Bernh.
- Asplenium spicant (L.) Ehrh.
- Blechnum boreale Sw.
- Blechnum doodioides Hook.
- Blechnum heterophyllum Opiz
- Blechnum septentrionale Sailer
- Blechnum spicant (L.) Sm.
- Blechnum spicant (L.) Roth
- Blechnum spicant (L.) With.
- Blechnum spicant f. serratum (Woll. ex T.Moore) M.Broun
- Blechnum spicant f. transiens Hausskn.
- Blechnum spicant var. crenatum (C.Presl) T.Moore
- Blechnum spicant var. elongata (Hook.) B.Boivin
- Blechnum spicant var. latifolium Milde
- Blechnum spicant var. pectinatum Clute
- Blechnum spicant var. serratum Woll ex T.Moore
- Homophyllum blechniforme Merino
- Homophyllum blechnoides Merino
- Lomaria borealis Link
- Lomaria crenata C.Presl
- Lomaria spicant Desv.
- Lomaria spicant f. serrata (Woll ex T.Moore) Clute
- Lomaria spicant var. elongata Hook.
- Lonchitis spicant (L.) Farw.
- Lonchitis-aspera spicant (L.) Farw.
- Lonchitis-aspera spicant var. serrata (Woll ex T.Moore) Farw.
- Onoclea spicant Hoffm.
- Osmunda borealis Salisb.
- Osmunda spicant L.
- Osmunda spicanthus J.F.Gmel.
- Spicanta borealis C.Presl
- Struthiopteris doodioides Trevis.
- Struthiopteris japanensis Trevis.
- Struthiopteris japonica W.Bull
- Struthiopteris spicant var. crenata (C.Presl) J.K.Henry
Photos
LeavesPhoto: Jose Castro, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: SABENCIA Guillermo César Ruiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alan Rockefeller, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bernd Haynold, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Christophe, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Olivier Pichard, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Марина Садыкова, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Olivier Pichard, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, 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). About our plant data.