Pellaea rotundifolia

Pellaea rotundifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Pteridaceae
Genus: Pellaea
Species: P. rotundifolia
Binomial name
Pellaea rotundifolia
(G. Forst.) Hook.
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Pellaea rotundifolia, the button fern, is a species of fern endemic to New Zealand, where it grows in scrub and forests.[1] It is also a popular garden plant (in zones 8 and 9) and house plant.

Pellaea rotundifolia is an evergreen fern that can have more than 30 pairs of round, dark-green, leathery pinnae on fronds up to 18 in. (45 cm).[2]

It needs acidic and well-drained soil; it does not appreciate the moist, humid conditions that most ferns require so does well with minimal watering.[3]

References

  1. Olsen, Sue. Encyclopedia of Garden Ferns. 2007.
  2. Olsen, Sue. Encyclopedia of Garden Ferns. 2007.
  3. Olsen, Sue. Encyclopedia of Garden Ferns. 2007.
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