Athyrium asplenioides, or southern lady fern, is a species of the family Athyriaceae.

It is a deciduous fern and reaches a height between 1 and 3 feet[2] Its specific epithet asplenioides means "Asplenium-like".

Many botanists instead considered it a variety of the common lady-fern, making it Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth, var.

asplenioides (Michx.)

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