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Common Name: Wavy Blue Fern

Species Name: Phlebodium aureum 'Undulatum'

Family Name: Polypodiaceae

 

 

 

 

Plant Facts  
Origin Tropical America
Sun Preference Partial
Susceptibility None Serious

 

 

ID Characteristics

  • Leaf and Stem Characteristics
    • Plant Height: 6-foot diameter, 4-foot height
    • Leaves: Fronds - long-stalked, pinnatifid, lobes strap-shaped, and wavy; thick rhizomes densely covered by hair-like red-brown scales

 

 

Habitat/Ecology  
USDA Cold Hardiness Zone 10
Notes Most commonly used as a single specimen or as a massing in larger areas; can be somewhat weedy

 

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