Noun: silvery spleenwort
- Fern with elongate silvery outgrowths enclosing the developing spores
"Silvery spleenwort displays distinctive metallic markings";
- Deparia acrostichoides, Athyrium thelypteroides
- North American fern with narrow fronds on yellowish leafstalks
"Silvery spleenwort catches the light beautifully in forest clearings";
- glade fern, narrow-leaved spleenwort, Athyrium pycnocarpon, Diplazium pycnocarpon
Type of: fern
Part of: Athyrium, Deparia, genus Athyrium, genus Deparia
Encyclopedia: Silvery spleenwort