Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth

English: Common ladyfern

German: Frauenfarn

Portuguese: Fentanha-fêmea

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Pteridophyta (43)

    Class: Polypodiopsida (37)

      Order: Polypodiales (35)

        Family: Dryopteridaceae (8)

          Genus: Athyrium (1)

            Epithet: filix-femina (L.) Roth (1)

Synonym: Aspidium filix-femina (L.) Sw.

filix-femina => from lat. filix for fern and femina for female, femina in reference to the more tender frond structure in comaprison with Dryopteris filix-mas

Climate: temperate

Habit: herb

Check for Athyrium filix-femina at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [1154] Athyrium filix-femina - Plants For A Future
• [1370] Athyrium filix-femina - Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé: Flora von Deutschland Österreich und der Schweiz

• [32] Jahns,M.J. (1995): Farne, Mose, Flechten Mittel-, Nord- und Westeuropas. BLV, Munich, Germany.