Phlebodium aureum 

(golden polypody, golden serpent fern, cabbage palm fern, gold-foot

fern, blue-star fern, hare-foot fern;[1] syn. Polypodium aureum, Polypodium leucotomos) is
an epiphytic fern native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas.

Description[edit]

Leaves

It is a rhizomatous fern, with the creeping rhizome 8–15 mm (rarely 30 mm) in diameter, densely
covered in the golden-brown scales that give the species its name. The fronds are large and
pinnatifid (deeply lobed), from 30–130 cm long and 10–50 cm broad, with up to 35 pinnae; they
vary in color from bright green to glaucous green and have undulate margins. Several
round sori run along each side of the pinna midrib, and the minute spores are wind-dispersed.
The fronds are evergreen in areas with year-round rainfall, semi-evergreen or
briefly deciduous in areas with a marked dry season.