Lomaria discolor (Crown Fern)

Plate 1 figs. a–h

Lomaria discolor, photographed by Kelvin Perrie — fig. a Kelvin Perrie, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-01 / obs. 192764144

Lomaria discolor, photographed by Grey Smith — fig. b Grey Smith, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 196403985

Lomaria discolor, photographed by naturewatchwidow — fig. c naturewatchwidow, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 191391944

Lomaria discolor, photographed by danrob — fig. d danrob, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 189918302

Lomaria discolor, photographed by Christopher Stephens — fig. e Christopher Stephens, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 186205523

Lomaria discolor, photographed by Lisa Bennett — fig. f Lisa Bennett, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 188022989

Lomaria discolor, photographed by Joe Dillon — fig. g Joe Dillon, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 183674461

Lomaria discolor, photographed by Saryu Mae 前朝琉 — fig. h Saryu Mae 前朝琉, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 191014180

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Also published as 12 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

Acrostichum rufum Spreng.
Blechnum discolor (Forst.) Keyserl.
Blechnum discolor var. discolor
Gymnopteris discolor (G.Forst.) Bernh.
Hemionitis discolor (G.Forst.) Schkuhr
Lomaria falcata Spreng.
Lonchitis-aspera discolor (G.Forst.) Farw.
Onoclea discolor (G.Forst.) Sw.
Osmunda discolor G.Forst.
Spicanta discolor (G.Forst.) Kuntze
Stegania discolor (G.Forst.) A.Rich.
Struthiopteris discolor (G.Forst.) Ching

Sourcesevery claim on this page

World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice, no toxicity claim and no native range, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.