page_title: Phlebodium aureum
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Phlebodium aureum / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: Young fern, phlebodium aureum with visible golden rhizomes. Polski: Młody okaz flebodium złocistego, z widocznym kłączem od którego barwy pochodzi nazwa tej paproci.
context_page_description: Phlebodium aureum is an epiphytic fern native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas. Other common names include calaguala, laua`e haole, samambaia, and hartassbräken.
context_section_description: It is a rhizomatous fern, with the creeping rhizome 8–15 mm (rarely 30 mm) in diameter, densely covered in the golden-brown scales that give the species its name. The fronds are large and pinnatifid (deeply lobed), from 30–130 cm long and 10–50 cm broad, with up to 35 pinnae; they vary in color from bright green to glaucous green and have undulate margins. Several round sori run along each side of the pinna midrib, and the minute spores are wind-dispersed. The fronds are evergreen in areas with year-round rainfall, semi-evergreen or briefly deciduous in areas with a marked dry season.
caption: Leaves
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