Scientific Name: Pteris cretica
Common Name: table fern, ribbon fern, Cretan brake fern
Family Name: Pteridaceae
Origin: Africa, Central / west Asia, Europe
Hardiness Zone: Zone 9: (-7 to -1 °C)
Plant Type: Fern, Indoor foliage plant
Mature Size: 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width)
Habit: Arching
Form: Irregular
Texture: Medium
Landscape Uses: Indoor plant
Exposure:
Soil or Media:
Leaves: Compound, Fern-like, Basal, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Odd-pinnate, Linear, Spatulate, Pinnately lobed, Undulate (wavy)
Flowers:
Fruit: Sporangium (spores), Brown
Key ID Features:
Fronds arching, pale green fronds, each with up to five simple or fork-tipped pinnae; spores may form along a downward rolled margin.