Polypodium vulgare

Polypodium vulgare L. Engl.: common polypody, adder's fern, brake root, female fern, fern-root, oak fern, polypody of the oak, rock brake, rock polypod, sweet fern, wall fern. Deu.: Engelsüss, Tüpfelfarn, Baumfarn, Engelwurz, Rossfarn, Steinfarn, Steinlaxe, Süsswurzel. Suom.: kallioimarre, "lakritsanjuuri'". Sven.: stensöta.

No. 77. Polypodium vulgare.

No. 77. Polypodium vulgare.Classic texts: Rafinesque 1830.

Polypodium vulgare L., Kallioimarre.

Vanhoja tekstejä: Suomen myrkylliset ja lääkekasvit, 1936.

39. Stensöta.

39. Stensöta.Gamla texter: Våra Medicinalväxter, 1940.

Polypodium, polypody

Henriette's herbal blog: Polypodium roots are very easy to dig.

Photo: Polypodium vulgare 5.

Photo: Polypodium vulgare 5. Roots, cleaned and almost dry. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Processed. 2004-11-08.

Photo: Polypodium vulgare 1.

Photo: Polypodium vulgare 1. Lots of plants on the shadowy side of a huge boulder. Liljendal, Finland. Wild. 2002-07-05.

Photo: Polypodium vulgare 2.

Photo: Polypodium vulgare 2. Lots of plants on the shadowy side of a huge boulder. Liljendal, Finland. Wild. 2002-07-05.

Photo: Polypodium vulgare 3.

Photo: Polypodium vulgare 3. Plants. Liljendal, Finland. Wild. 2002-07-05.

Photo: Polypodium vulgare.

Photo: Polypodium vulgare. Small stand. The Swedish name for it is 'stensöta' (= rocksweet): dig this up (easy - it grows among moss on rocks) and take a bite from the root - licorice! the taste is there - but this isn't the plant licorice (Glycyrrhiza whatever). Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 1995-07-01.