Scientific Name:
Davallia
sp.
Pronunciation:
DAY-vall-ee-uh
Common Name:
rabbit's foot fern
Family Name:
Davalliaceae
Plant Type:
Fern, Indoor foliage plant
Key ID Features:
Fronds twice or thrice compound and arising from a thick, fuzzy runner-like rhizome.
Habit:
Open
Form:
Mounded
Texture:
Medium
Mature Height:
0.4 - 0.7m
Mature Spread:
0.6 - 1.0m
Origin:
Africa, Australia / New Zealand, S.E. Asia / Japan / China (Fiji)
Hardiness Rating:
Zone 10: (-1 to 4 °C)
Exposure:
Filtered shade, Deep shade
Soil/Growing Medium:
Well-drained
Water Use:
Moderate
Landscape Uses:
Floristry, Hanging basket, Indoor plant
Additional Info:
Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Compound, Fern-like
Arrangement:
Alternate
Texture/Venation:
Leathery
Surfaces:
Lustrous
Compound Leaf:
Tripinnate
Colour in Fall:
Green
Shapes:
Deltoid
Apices:
Acute
Bases:
Rounded
Margins:
Incised
Additional Info:
Fronds 3- 4 pinnate
Inflorescence Type:
Flower Morphology:
Colour (petals):
No flowers
Flower Time at Peak:
Fruit Type:
Sporangium (spores)
Fruit Colour:
Brown
Fruiting Time:
Bark or Stem Colour:
White, Grey
Additional Info:
rhizomes "furry"
Organ Modifications:
Rhizomes, rhizomes thick and 'hairy'
Propagation:
Spore, Division - below ground parts
Optimal Temp.:
Medium
Light Level:
Low
Maintenance:
Low
Pest Susceptibility:
Mold, Scale insects (Pest resistant, Disease resistant, Rabbit resistant)
