Male fern

(Dryopteris fílix-mas)

In the USSR, the drug "Filixan" – antihelminthic was prepared from the rhizomes of 'male fern'. But later it turned out that the poisons contained in the plant are dangerous not only for parasitic worms, but also for the human central nervous system and the heart.

Summary

Maximum height:

100 cm

Blooming period:

Does not flower

Fruit bearing period:

June - August

Relation to light:

Shadow-tolerant

Relation to moisture:

Mesophyte, hygrophyte

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