Scientific Name: Pteris ensiformis
Common Name: table fern, silver lace fern, variegated brake fern
Family Name: Pteridaceae
Origin: Africa, S.E. Asia / Japan / China
Hardiness Zone: Zone 9: (-7 to -1 °C)
Plant Type: Fern, Indoor foliage plant
Mature Size: 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width)
Habit: Upright
Form: Vase
Texture: Medium - coarse
Landscape Uses: Indoor plant
Exposure: Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade
Soil or Media:
Leaves: Compound, Fern-like, Basal, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Odd-pinnate, Bipinnate, Lanceolate, Oblong, Undulate (wavy)
Flowers:
Fruit: Sporangium (spores), Brown
Key ID Features:
Fronds feathery, usually variegated; spores may form along a downward rolled margin.