Pellaea rotundifolia

Pellaea rotundifolia, the button fern, is a species of fern endemic to New Zealand, where it grows in scrub and forests.[2] It is also a popular garden plant (in zones 8 and 9) and house plant, tolerating low temperatures but not freezing.[3]

Pellaea rotundifolia
Pellaea rotundifolia - Berlin Botanical Garden - IMG 8761.JPG
Scientific classificationedit
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Tracheophytes
Division:Polypodiophyta
Class:Polypodiopsida
Order:Polypodiales
Family:Pteridaceae
Genus:Pellaea
Species:
P. rotundifolia
Binomial name
Pellaea rotundifolia
(G. Forst.) Hook.
Synonyms[1]
  • Allosorus rotundifolius (G.Forst.) Kunze
  • Hemionitis rotundifolia (G.Forst.) Christenh.
  • Platyloma rotundifolium (G.Forst.) J.Sm.
  • Pteris rotundifolia G.Forst.

Pellaea rotundifolia is a compact, evergreen fern that can have more than 30 pairs of round, dark-green, leathery pinnae on fronds up to 18 in (460 mm) in length.[2] The Latin specific epithet rotundifolia means “round-leaved”.[4]

  • Underside of the pinnae

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  • In cultivation

CultivationEdit

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.[2]

This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit. 


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