Calagula, calagualine, ferns, Polypodiaceae (family), Polypodium cambricum, Polypodium decumanum, Polypodium vulgare, samambaia. Extracts of fern species (family Polypodiaceae) have been used ...

There is a truly remarkable plant in my garden. It grows on top of a dry-stone wall, with nothing more nutritious to feed on than limestone dust. Shrivelled to a crisp in early summer, it recovers by ...

THE common polypody (Polypodium vulgare L.) is such an apparently well-defined and isolated species, being the only one of its kind hitherto recognized in Europe, that it was a matter of considerable ...

IN two recent publications 1,2 on the cytogenetics of “Polypodium vulgare” the situation in Europe has been made fairly clear. There are three distinct species (perhaps ecospecies), one of which, the ...

A UK gardener has highlighted three easy-to-grow plants — Polemonium 'Heaven Scent', Vinca, and Polypodium vulgare — that thrive in shaded areas and can revitalise dull garden corners. These varieties ...

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Norway: roots used to obtain flour for bread or porridge.