Lady fern, Athyrium filix-femina, is a fern of the family Athyriaceae widespread across the temperate Northern Hemisphere, growing in moist woodlands, along streambanks and in shaded meadows. Its finely divided, lace-like fronds are more delicate in appearance than those of the coarser male fern, a contrast that gave rise to both common names in old herbal tradition, and the species is widely grown as an ornamental garden plant for its graceful form.
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Source Wikidata: Lady Fern
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1. GBIF Species API
2. Wikidata: Lady Fern
Child Taxon Of: Pteridophyta, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
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