Scientific Name:
Pellaea rotundifolia
Pronunciation:
pe-LEE-uh ro-tun-dih-FOH-lee-uh
Common Name:
button fern
Family Name:
Pteridaceae
Plant Type:
Fern, Indoor foliage plant
Key ID Features:
Fronds, arching, up to 30cm tall and wide; pinnae about 16mm long x 12cm wide with crinkled margin, alternating on brownish-red rachis that has fine scales.
Habit:
Spreading
Form:
Mounded
Texture:
Medium - fine
Mature Height:
0.2 - 0.4m
Mature Spread:
0.3 - 0.6m
Origin:
Australia / New Zealand
Hardiness Rating:
Zone 9: (-7 to -1 °C)
Exposure:
Filtered shade
Soil/Growing Medium:
Well-drained
Water Use:
Low
Landscape Uses:
Container planting, Hanging basket, Indoor plant
Additional Info:
Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Compound, Fern-like
Arrangement:
Basal
Texture/Venation:
Leathery
Surfaces:
Lustrous
Shapes:
Oblong, Orbicular
Apices:
Rounded
Margins:
Serrate
Inflorescence Type:
Flower Morphology:
Colour (petals):
No flowers
Flower Time at Peak:
Fruit Type:
Sporangium (spores)
Fruit Colour:
Brown
Fruiting Time:
Additional Info:
Separate fertile fronds are unlikely to form indoors
Bark or Stem Colour:
n/a
Organ Modifications:
Rhizomes
Propagation:
Seed, Division - below ground parts
Optimal Temp.:
Medium
Light Level:
Low
Maintenance:
Medium
Other:
Avoid direct sun
Pest Susceptibility:
Root rot, Scale insects (Pest resistant, Disease resistant, Deer resistant, Rabbit resistant)
