Sori close-up; Santo Estêvão do Penso, Braga, Portugal; 6/2007 © Jörn Germer
Leaf section upper side; Santo Estêvão do Penso, Braga, Portugal; 6/2007 © Jörn Germer
Crozier uncoiling; Santo Estêvão do Penso, Braga, Portugal; 6/2007 © Jörn Germer
Frond; Celeirós, Braga, Portugal; 1/2008 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Santo Estêvão do Penso, Braga, Portugal; 6/2007 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 597 Date of entry: 02.07.2007 Last update: 10.01.2020
English: Soft shield fern
German: Borstiger Schildfarn
Portuguese: Fentanha
Kingdom: Plantae (2599)
Phylum: Pteridophyta (46)
Class: Polypodiopsida (35)
Order: Polypodiales (34)
Family: Dryopteridaceae (8)
Genus: Polystichum (1)
Epithet: setiferum (Forssk.) Woyn. (1)
setiferum => from saeta, a bristle or stiff hair and fero, to bear or carry
Climate: temperate
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
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