Paesia scaberula(A.Rich.) Kuhn

Hard fern

WFO wfo-0000157725 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h

Paesia scaberula, photographed by Christopher Stephens
fig. a Christopher Stephens, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2022-05-01 / obs. 193577720
Paesia scaberula, photographed by Saryu Mae 前 朝琉
fig. b Saryu Mae 前 朝琉, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 191013550
Paesia scaberula, photographed by Jaco Grundling
fig. c Jaco Grundling, CC0 1.0 / obs. 191870128
Paesia scaberula, photographed by Kelvin Perrie
fig. d Kelvin Perrie, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 192763617
Paesia scaberula, photographed by Lisa Bennett
fig. e Lisa Bennett, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 188023287
Paesia scaberula, photographed by naturewatchwidow
fig. f naturewatchwidow, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 191392922
Paesia scaberula, photographed by Saryu Mae 前 朝琉
fig. g Saryu Mae 前 朝琉, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 188087638
Paesia scaberula, photographed by Lisa Bennett
fig. h Lisa Bennett, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 173806554

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Confused withby our own model

These are not lookalikes we guessed at. Each one is a species our identification model genuinely mistook for this plant, and how many times. The error rate is published.

Also published as 5 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.

  • Allosorus scaberulus (A.Rich.) C.Presl
  • Cincinalis scaberula Trevis.
  • Ornithopteris scaberula (A.Rich.) J.Sm.
  • Pteris microphylla A.Cunn.
  • Pteris scaberula Rich.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. 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.