Asplenium flabellifolium
Necklace Fern
Trailing tufted perennial spreading from short underground stems to form large colonies. Frond tips without segments, sometimes rooting to produce plantlets. May be epiphytic on logs and tree trunks.
Additional information
- FamilyAspleniaceae
- StoreyLower storey
- Sizeprostrate x spreading
- Plant groupingFerns & Fern Allies
- LeavesDelicate narrow tapering pale green fronds 5-25 cm long, once divided. Short green to light brown flattened grooved stems. Segments wedge- or fan-shaped.
- FlowersNon-flowering. Oblong spore cases radiating from base along veins, covered by membranous flap.
- Bird attractingNo
- Butterfly attractingNo
- Frog habitatNo
- Growing conditionsLight moist soil in protected positions under rock ledges, in crevices, along logs and on stream banks in a range of forests. Semi shade.
- Garden useFerneries, pots or hanging baskets which are not allowed to dry out.
- Commercially availableAustralian plant & indigenous nurseries
- Conservation statusMay be common in its specialised habitat.
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