Athyrium filix-femina(L.) Roth

lady fern

WFO wfo-0001107233 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h

Athyrium filix-femina, photographed by Нурхайдарова Татьяна
fig. a Нурхайдарова Татьяна, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-11 / obs. 205194616
Athyrium filix-femina, photographed by Bryn
fig. b Bryn, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205964222
Athyrium filix-femina, photographed by Yurii Basov
fig. c Yurii Basov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204673409
Athyrium filix-femina, photographed by Aurelijus Narbutas
fig. d Aurelijus Narbutas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204380278
Athyrium filix-femina, photographed by Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas
fig. e Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205477173
Athyrium filix-femina, photographed by Марина Давлетшина
fig. f Марина Давлетшина, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205445878
Athyrium filix-femina, photographed by Shane Johnson
fig. g Shane Johnson, CC0 1.0 / obs. 204637737
Athyrium filix-femina, photographed by Lyrae
fig. h Lyrae, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205001216

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Confused withby our own model

These are not lookalikes we guessed at. Each one is a species our identification model genuinely mistook for this plant, and how many times. The error rate is published.

Also published as 115 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Allantodia axillaris (Aiton) Kaulf.
  • Aspidium axillare (Aiton) Sw.
  • Aspidium cordatum Steud.
  • Aspidium femina (L.) Sw.
  • Aspidium filix-femina (L.) Sw.
  • Aspidium filix-femina var. dentatum (Döll) Döll
  • Aspidium filix-femina var. incisum Hartm.
  • Aspidium filix-femina var. multidentatum (Döll) Döll
  • Aspidium filix-femina var. multifidum Döll
  • Aspidium intermedium Link
  • Aspidium irriguum Sm.
  • Aspidium pontederae Willd.
  • Aspidium rhaeticum (L.) Sw.
  • Aspidium rheticum Sw.
  • Asplenium axillare (Aiton) J.Sm.
  • Asplenium cyathioides Bernh.
  • Asplenium filix-femina (L.) Bernh.
  • Asplenium filix-femina f. dentatum (Döll) Döll
  • Asplenium filix-femina f. fissidens Döll
  • Asplenium filix-femina f. multidentatum (Döll) Döll
  • Asplenium filix-femina var. bidentatum Döll
  • Asplenium filix-femina var. molle (Schreb.) Hook.f.
  • Asplenium filix-femina var. purpureum Regel
  • Asplenium filix-femina var. rhaeticum (L.) Hook.f.

and 91 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice, no toxicity claim and no native range, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.