Pteridaceae
Ribbon fern
Taenitis blechnoides
- Family
- Pteridaceae
- Genus
- Taenitis
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 竹叶蕨
- English
- Ribbon fern
Synonyms
- Blechnum angustifolium Roxb.
- Blechnum glabrum Roxb.
- Lindsaea grandifolia Sm.
- Oetosis blechnodes Kuntze
- Pteris blechnoides Willd.
- Taenitis blechnoides var. interrupta (Hook. & Grev.) Hook.
- Taenitis chinensis Desv.
- Taenitis interrupta Hook. & Grev.
- Taenitis pterioides Willd.
- Taenitis pteroides Schkuhr
- Taenitis stenophylla Christ
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: native
Photos
Photo: scallions, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Samuel Lee, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Andreas Christian Yudhistira, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Al Kordesch, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Abby Hyde, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: coenobita, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dr. Nasser Halaweh, 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.