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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DietPhotosynthetic Autotroph 1 System (Realm) Relationship to PeopleUsed in Traditional Medicine 3 Relationship to PeopleEaten or Drunk by People 3 Living or Extinct Comparison
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Source Wikidata: Lady Fern
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1. Athyrium filix-femina (Wikipedia)
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Athyrium filix-femina, the lady fern or common lady-fern, is a large, feathery species of fern native to temperate Asia, Europe, North America, and North Africa.
2. Wikipedia: Athyrium
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Athyrium (lady-fern) is a genus of about 180 species of terrestrial ferns, with a cosmopolitan distribution.
3. Plants For A Future: Athyrium filix-femina plant record
Plants For A FutureEdible Uses
Young shoots, harvested before they have fully unfolded, can be eaten cooked[256].
Medicinal Uses
A tea of the boiled stems has been used to relieve labour pains[213, 222, 257].
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5. NatureServe Explorer: Athyrium filix-femina
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6. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Polypodiales
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7. Wikidata: Lady Fern
Child Taxon Of: Pteridophyta, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ1345500, descriptionView the Source Plant (Wikipedia)
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They are predominantly photosynthetic or came from photosynthetic ancestors, meaning that they obtain their energy from sunlight by using the green pigment chlorophyll in their chloroplasts to produce sugars from carbon dioxide and water.
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