{"id":794,"date":"2009-03-25T15:37:15","date_gmt":"2009-03-25T14:37:15","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-02-04T11:09:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T10:09:56","slug":"polypodium-vulgare-l-majorca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.masmallorca.es\/en\/flora-of-mallorca\/polypodium-vulgare-l-majorca.html","title":{"rendered":"The Polypodium vulgare L. fern"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"94\" src=\"https:\/\/www.masmallorca.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/polipodi.jpg\" alt=\"Polypodium fern, Polypodium vulgare L. subsp. serrulatum Arcang\" class=\"wp-image-778\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s relatively easy to find this fern colonizing the rock fissures or between the stones of a drywall, although with a shady and wet aspect. It is also very easy to recognize this plant by its linear lobed leave, which become smaller as you go from below to the top, when fertile, the obverse of each lobule are lined with orange coloured sori in two parallel lines.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"243\" height=\"204\" src=\"https:\/\/www.masmallorca.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/polipodi_1.jpg\" alt=\"Polypodium fern, Polypodium vulgare L. subsp. serrulatum Arcang\" class=\"wp-image-785 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>This species is perennial, but renews its leaves each year, as they dry out at the end of the spring.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"left\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"243\" height=\"389\" src=\"https:\/\/www.masmallorca.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/polipodi_2.jpg\" alt=\"Polypodium fern, Polypodium vulgare L. subsp. serrulatum Arcang\" class=\"wp-image-790 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.masmallorca.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/polipodi_2.jpg 243w, https:\/\/www.masmallorca.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/polipodi_2-187x300.jpg 187w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Polypodium vulgare L.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Family:<\/strong>\u00a0Polypodiaceae.<br><strong>Genus:\u00a0<\/strong>Polypodium.<br><strong>General distribution:\u00a0<\/strong>Mediterranean.<br><strong>Life-forms:\u00a0<\/strong>Geophyte.<br><strong>Uses and properties:<\/strong>\u00a0Medicinal.<br><strong>Catalan common name:\u00a0<\/strong>Polipodi.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"left\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"left\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"left\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s relatively easy to find this fern colonizing the rock fissures or between the stones of a drywall, although with a shady and wet aspect. 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