Adiantum pedatum L. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Adiantum pedatum L.

Summary

Genus:

Adiantum

Family:

Pteridaceae

Nomen number:

401921

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:1095. 1753

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

04/14/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

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Reference(s)

Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993-
Foster, S. & J. A. Duke. A field guide to medicinal plants: Eastern/Central North America, 2nd ed. 2000
Hitchcock, C. L. et al. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest. 1955-1969
Hoshizaki, B. J. 1970. The genus Adiantum in cultivation (Polypodiaceae). Baileya 17:129.
Lellinger, D. B. A field manual of the ferns and fern-allies of the United States & Canada. 1985
Lyke, J. Appendix D. Medicinal plants native to the United States: indicators of rarity and threat. 2001
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
Mickel, J. T. Ferns for American gardens. 1994
Moerman, D. Native American ethnobotany, ed. 5. 1998
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Still, S. M. Manual of herbaceous ornamental plants, ed. 4. 1994
Walters, S. M. et al., eds. European garden flora. 1986-
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. World economic plants: a standard reference (on-line edition) [medicinal plants only].

Common names

English
five-finger fern –
northern maidenhair –
pointerweed –
French
adiante du Canada –
Swedish
frilandsadiantum –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	New Brunswick
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Nova Scotia
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Ontario
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Quebec
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Illinois
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Iowa
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Kansas
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Minnesota
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Missouri
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Nebraska
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Oklahoma
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Wisconsin
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Connecticut
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Indiana
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Maine
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	New Hampshire
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	New Jersey
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Ohio
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Pennsylvania
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Rhode Island
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Vermont
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	West Virginia
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Arkansas
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Delaware
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	District of Columbia
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Georgia
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Kentucky
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Louisiana
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Maryland
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Mississippi
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	North Carolina
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	South Carolina
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Tennessee
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Virginia
1	Native	Northern America	Subarctic America	United States	Alaska
2	Cultivated

Native
Northern America

EASTERN CANADA: Canada [New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec]
NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wisconsin]
NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia]
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia]
SUBARCTIC AMERICA: United States [Alaska]

Cultivated ()

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Environmental	ornamental		Walters, S. M. et al., eds. European garden flora. 1986-
Medicines	folklore		McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=401921. Accessed 15 December 2025.