Athyrium asplenioides

{{Short description|Species of fern}}

{{Speciesbox

| image = Athyrium asplenioides iNat-23739611.jpg

| status = T5

| status_system = TNC

| status_ref = {{cite NatureServe |id=2.145485 |title=Athyrium filix-femina ssp. asplenioides |date=November 1, 2024 |access-date=November 17, 2024}}

| genus = Athyrium

| species = asplenioides

| authority = (Michx.) Eaton

}}

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{{Cite web |url=http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/factsheets/hardyferns/athyrium_asplenioides.html |title=North Carolina State University - Athyrium asplenioides |accessdate=25 June 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090605013940/http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/factsheets/hardyferns/athyrium_asplenioides.html |archivedate=5 June 2009 |url-status=dead }}

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.) Farwell.{{cite book|author1=Lloyd H. Snyder, Jr.|author2=James G. Bruce|title=Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia|url=https://archive.org/details/fieldguidetofern0000snyd|url-access=registration|accessdate=26 September 2013|date=1 October 1986|publisher=University of Georgia Press|isbn=978-0-8203-2385-5|page=[https://archive.org/details/fieldguidetofern0000snyd/page/134 134]}}