#button fern

[coffeegraeme]

Study of my plants

[throckmortonianfluid]

Button fern!

[drhoz]

#2242 - Pellaea rotundifolia - Button Fern

From the Greek word πελλος (pellos), meaning "dark," and refers to the brown stems, and the Latin rotundifolia means "round-leaved". The genus are usually refered to as cliffbrakes, growing in rocky habitats, including moist rocky canyons, slopes, and bluffs.

New Zealand, but now also growing in Australia. Quite a popular garden plant, prefering drier soil than most ferns. Compact, with fronds up to 460mm long,

Huka Falls, Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand

[stephiehell]

(sun)bathing beauties

clockwise from front left: Gravy (tradescantia), Fido (aloe), Ralph Macchio (variegated wax ivy), Tailypo (burro’s tail), Stewart (calathea), Buttonhead (button fern).

[wyldeplantlife]

Pellaea rotundifolia

Button Fern

[plant-friends]

Shelf o’ plantoids

[geminisunx]

[allmyplants]

Button fern