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Common Name: Wavy Blue Fern
Species Name: Phlebodium aureum 'Undulatum'
Family Name: Polypodiaceae

 
Plant Facts 
OriginTropical America
Sun PreferencePartial
SusceptibilityNone 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 Zone10
NotesMost commonly used as a single specimen or as a massing in larger areas; can be somewhat weedy