Osmundastrum cinnamomeum
Osmundastrum cinnamomeum (L.) C.Presl
- light
- Any light
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 1.2 m
- wide
- 91 cm
Osmundaceae
Formerly Osmunda cinnamomea, Struthiopteris cinnamomea
When it flowers
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Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNo safety information yet
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Perennial or rhizomatous geophyteKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- New World, Arunachal Pradesh to Russian Far East and N. Indo-ChinaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Sun or shadeRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 61 cm to 1.8 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 61 cm to 1.2 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -34.4 °C (USDA zone 4a)Read from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
Not known yet: flowers, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (2)
- Chinese
- 分株紫萁 (变种), 桂皮紫萁, 紫萁贯众
- Simplified Chinese
- 桂皮紫萁
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 2.5
- 3D model: Osmundastrum cinnamomeum (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.