Monarch fern
Phymatosorus scolopendria (Burm.f.) Pic.Serm.
- light
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- water
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- tall
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- wide
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Polypodiaceae
Formerly Chrysopteris longipes, Chrysopteris peltidea, Chrysopteris terminalis, Drynaria alternifolia, and 22 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Rhizomatous geophyte or epiphyteKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Trop. & Subtrop. Old WorldKew's checklist, not yet checked
Not known yet: light, height, spread, water, flowers, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (2)
- Simplified Chinese
- 瘤蕨
- Chinese
- 金鸡脚, 海岸擬茀蕨
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
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