#Polypodium californicum

[lupinus-bicolor]

you want some uhhhh ferns??? some ferns with a lil sweet pea in the middle???? some fucignk f erns?

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E20161026-0002—Polypodium californicum—RPBG by John Rusk Via Flickr: Polypodium californicum—California polypody. The label in the garden calls this Polypodium californicum var. kaulfussii, but Jepson eFlora and Flora of North America says the variety has been subsumed into the species. California polypody ranges throughout coastal California into Baja California and other parts of Mexico. California polpody is in it's glory in wet winters and goes deciduous in the dry summer months. Ferns of the genus Polypodium have been used since time immemorial in folk and Native American medicines. Calfornia polypody is used mainly to treat skin ailments. The left frond shows the sori, the right is the obverse side. The plant that provided the fronds photographed resides at Regional Parks Botanic Garden located in Tilden Regional Park near Berkeley, CA.

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Names for herbs: G-P

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Gall of Goat: Honeysuckle Lonicera Spp. -or- St. John's WortHypericum perforatum

Gallows: Mandrake Atropa Mandragora

Ghost Flower: Indian Pipe Monotropa Uniflora

Ghost Pipe: Indian Pipe Monotropa Uniflora

Goat's Foot: Ash Weed Aegopodium podagraria

Goat's Leaf: Honeysuckle Lonicera Spp.

God's Hair: Hart's Tongue Fern Scolopendrium Vulgare

Golden Star or Goldy Star: Avens Geum

Good Luck Plant: Solomon's Seal Polygonatum Multiflorum, Polygonatum Commutatum, Polygonatum Biflorum

Goose Bill: Goosegrass Galium Aparine

Goose Tongue: Lemon Balm Melissa officinalis

Gosling Wing: Goosegrass Galium Aparine

Grains of Paradise: Cardamom Elettaria cardamom

Granny's Bonnet: Columbine Leaves Aquilegia Vulgaris, Aquilegia canadensis

Great Ox-eye: Ox-eye Daisy Chrysanthemum leucanthemum

Gravelroot: Meadowsweet Eupatorium purpureum

Graveyard Dust: Great Mullein Verbascum thapsus

Gypsy Herb: Sweet Bugle Lycopus Virginicus

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Hag's Taper: Great Mullein Verbascum thapsus

Hagthorn: Hawthorn Crataegus crusgalli

Hair of Venus: True Maidenhair Fern Adiantum Capillus-veneris

Hairs of a Hamadryas Baboon: Dill Seed Peucedanum graveolens

Hare's Beard: Great Mullein Verbascum thapsus

Hart's Thorn: Common Buckthorn Rhamnus cathartica

Hawk's Heart: Wormwood Heart Artemisia Absinthium

Heart Leaf: Liverwort Anemone hepatica, Peltigera canina

Heart of Osmund: Royal Fern Osmunda regalis

Heart's Ease: Violet Viola odorata

Hedgemaids: Dutchman's Breeches Dicentra cucullaria

Hellweed: Dodder Cuscuta Europaea

Herb of Angels: Angelica Angelica archangelica

Herb of Circe: Mandrake Atropa Mandragora

Herb of Grace; Blue Vervain Verbena Officinalis -or- Rue Ruta Graveolens

Herb of Mary: Pimpernel Anagallis Arvensis, Pimpinella spp.

Herb of the Cross: Blue Vervain Verbena Officinalis

Herb Trinity: Liverwort Anemone hepatica, Peltigera canina

Hind Heal: Tansy Tanacetum Vulgare

Hind's Tongue: Hart's Tongue Fern Scolopendrium Vulgare

Hog's Bean: Henbane Hyoscyamus Niger

Holy Grass: Sweetgrass Hierochloe odorata

Holy Herb: Yerba Santa Eryodictyon californicum

Holy Rope: Hemp (Agrimony) Eupatorium cannabinum

Hook and Arn: Yerba Santa Eryodictyon californicum

Horny Goat Weed: Common Polypody Fern Polypodium Vulgare

Horse Heal: Spikenard Inula Conyza

Horse Hoof: Coltsfoot Tussilago Farfara

Horse Tongue: Hart's Tongue Fern Scolopendrium Vulgare

Hundred Eyes: Periwinkle Vinca major, Vinca minor

Hurtlesickle: Bachelor's Buttons Centaurea Cyanus

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Ibis Bone Buckthorn Rhamnus cathartica

Indian God Tree: Banyan Ficus Benghalensis

Innocence Bluets Houstonia Caerulea

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Jack-Jump-About: Betony Stachys Officinalis, Betonica Officinalis, Stachys Betonica

Jacob's Ladder: Celandine Chelidonium Majus -or- Lily of the valley Convallaria Magalis

Jacob's Staff: Great Mullein Verbascum thapsus

Jesuit's Bark; Cinchona Cinchona pubescens

Joe Pye Weed: Meadowsweet Eupatorium purpureum

John the Conqueror: Galangal Root Alpinia Officianarum, Alpina officinalis, A. galanga

Jove's Flower: Carnation Dianthus spp.

Joy of the Mountain: Sweet Marjoram Origanum Marjorana

Joy on the Ground: Periwinkle Vinca major, Vinca minor

Juno's Tears: Blue Vervain Verbena Officinalis

Jupiter's Bean: Henbane Hyoscyamus Niger

Jupiter's Beard: Houseleek Sempervivum tectorum

Jupiter's Nut: Walnut Juglans Species

Jupiter's Staff: Great Mullein Verbascum thapsus

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Key of Heaven: Cowslip Primula Veris

King Root: Bloodroot Sanguinaria canadensis

King's Clover: Melilot Melilotus officinalis, Melilotus alba, Melilotus arvensis

King's Crown: Black Haw Vibrunum Prunifolium

Kitten's Breeches Dutchman's Breeches Dicentra cucullaria

Knight's Milfoil: Yarrow Achillea millefolium

Kronos' Blood: Sap of the Cedar Tree Thuja occidentalis, Thuja orientalis, Biota orientalis, Thuja articulata,Cupressus thujoides, Juniperus virginiana, Cedrus libani, Cedrela odorata, Libocedrus bidwillii, and many more.

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Ladder to Heaven: Lily of the valley Convallaria Magalis

Ladies' Meat: Hawthorn Crataegus Oxycantha

Ladies' Seal: White Bryony / English Mandrake Bryonia dioica

Lad's Love: Southernwood Artemisia Abrotanum

Lady Bleeding: Amaranth Amaranthus Hypochondriacus

Lady of the Meadow: Meadowsweet Eupatorium Purpureum

Lady of the Woods: Birch Betula Lenta

Lady's Cap: Cowslip Primula VerisLady's Foxglove: Great Mullein Verbascum thapsus

Lady's Glove: Foxglove Digitalis Purpurea, Digitalis Lanata

Lady's Smock: Cuckoo Flower Cardamine pratensis

Lamb's Ears: Betony Stachys Officinalis, Betonica Officinalis, Stachys BetonicaLaurier Sauce: Bay Laurel Laurus nobilis

Lion's Foot: Lady's Mantle Alchemilla Vulgaris

Lion's Hair: Leaves of a Turnip's taproot Brassica rapa

Leopard's Bane: Arnica Amica Montana

Lion's Herb: Columbine Leaves Aquilegia Vulgaris, Aquilegia canadensis

Lion's Tooth: Dandelion Taraxacum Officinale

Little Dragon: Tarragon Artemisia Dracunculus

Little Faces: Violet Viola odorata

Little Queen: Meadowsweet Eupatorium Purpureum

Lizard's Leg: Creeping plants such as Ivy

Lords and Ladies: Wake Robin Arisaema Triphyllum, Arum spp.

Love in Idleness: Pansy Viola tricolor

Love Leaf: Damiana Turnera Aphrodisiaca, Turnera diffusa

Love Leaves: Burdock Arctium lappa

Love Lies Bleeding: Amaranth Amaranthus Hypochondriacus -or-Anemone Anemone Pulsatilla 

Love Man: Goosegrass Galium Aparine

Love Parsley: Lovage Levisticum Officinale

Love Ro,: Lovage Levisticum Officinale

Love Root: Lovage Levisticum Officinale -or- Orris Root Iris florentina

Love-In-Idleness: Pansy Viola tricolor  

Low John the Conqueror: Galangal Root Alpinia Officianarum, Alpina officinalis, A. galanga

Lucky Hand: Male Fern Dryopteris Felix-mas

Lucky Hand Root: Lucky Hand Orchid / Salep Orchid Orchis latifolia

Lucky Nut: Be-Still Thevetia nereifolia

Lurk-in-the-Ditch: Pennyroyal Mentha Pulegium

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Mad Root: White Bryony / English Mandrake Bryonia dioica

Madwort: Alyssum Alyssum Spp.

Maiden Hair: True Maidenhair Fern Adiantum Capillus-veneris

Maiden's Gum: Common Elm Ulmus Campestris

Maiden's Ruin: Southernwood Artemisia Abrotanum

Maid's Hair: Lady's Bedstraw Galium verum

Mangold: Beet Beta Vulgaris

Man's Bile: Turnip Sap Brassica rapa

Man's Health: Ginseng Panax quinquefolium

Master of the Woods: Woodruff Asperula odorata

Masterwort: Angelica Angelica archangelica

May: Black Haw Viburnum prunifolum

May Lily: Lily of the Valley Convallaria magalis

Maypops: Passion Flower Passiflora incarnata

May Rose: Black Haw Viburnum prunifolum

Miracle of Nature: Century Plant / Maguey Agave americana

Mistress of the Night: Tuberose Polianthes tuberosa

Monk's Head: Dutchman's Breeches Dicentra cucullaria

Monk's Hood: Aconite Aconitum Napellus, Agrimonia eupatoria

Mortification Root: Althea Althaea Officinalis

Mother of the Herbs: Rue Ruta Graveolens

Mother of the Wood: Blackthorn Prunus Spinosa

Mother's Heart: Shepherd's Purse Capsella bursa-pastoris

Musk of the Wood: Woodruff Asperula odorata

Mutton Chops: Goosegrass Galium Aparine

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Naughty Man: Mugwort Artemisia Vulgaris

Naughty Man's Cherries: Belladonna Atropa belladonna

Noah's Ark: Ladies' Slipper Cypripedium pubescens, Cyprepedium parviflorum

Nose Bleed: Yarrow Achillea Millefolium

Nose of Turtle: Turtle's Cap / Balmony Chelone Glabra

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Old Gal: Elder Bark Sambucus Nigra

Old Lady: Elder Bark Sambucus Nigra

Old Maid's Nightcap: Wild Geranium Geraniaum Maculatum

Old Man: Mugwort Artemisia Vulgaris

Old Man's Flannel: Great Mullein Verbascum thapsus

Old Man's Mustard: Yarrow Achillea millefolium

Old Man's Pepper: Yarrow Achillea Millefolium

Old Uncle Henry: Mugwort Artemisia Vulgaris

Old Woman: Wormwood Artemisia Absinthium

Oliver: Olive Olea europaea

Osmund the Waterman: Royal Fern Osmunda regalis

Our Herb: Basil Oncimum basilicum

Our Lady's Flannel: Great Mullein Verbascum thapsus

Our Lady's Tears: Lily of the Valley Convallaria Magalis

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Palma Christi Castor Ricinus communis

Passions: Bistort Polygonum Bistorta

Password: Primrose Primula Vulgaris

Peter's Staff: Great Mullein Verbascum thapsus

Physician's Bone: Sandstone

Pidgeon's Grass: Blue Vervain Verbena Officinalis

Pigeon Berry: Poke Root Phytolacca decandra

Pig's Tail: Leopard's Bane / Arnica Amica Montana

Pitchforks: Beggar's Tick Bidens pilosa

Plague Flower: Butterbur Petasites Vulgaris, Tussilago Petasites

Poor Man's Meat: Bean Phaseolus Spp.

Poor Man's Treacle: Garlic Allium sativum

Priest's Crown: Dandelion Leaves Taraxacum Officinale

Priest's Pintle: Wake Robin Arisaema Triphyllum, Arum spp.

Prince's Feather: Amaranth Amaranthus Hypochondriacus

Princess Feather: Amaranth Amaranthus Hypochondriacus

Pucha-pat: Patchouli Pogostemon cablin Benth

Purple Medic: Alfalfa Medicago Saliva

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Californian Polypody, polypodium californicum - high resolution image from old book.