Asplenium viviparum (Mother Fern)
Asplenium viviparum (Mother Fern) growing with many fine, light green, lace-like fronds in a group.
Botanical names: Asplenium viviparum, Asplenium daucifolium
Common name: Mother Fern
Family: Aspleniaceae
Origin: Islands of the Pacific
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map
USDA Zone: 9-10
Plant form: Small
Mature height: 2-5 ft
Sun exposure: Semi-shade; shade
Cold tolerance: Frost sensitive. Protect from freezing.
Watering: Regular
Suitable for: Outdoors in the suitable USDA zone; small gardens, containers, and indoor growing
Foliage color: Ornamental foliageLeaves dissected and appear like the foliage of a carrot; small aerial plantlets form on the midribs of the mother plant's foliage.
Similar plants: Asplenium viviparum (Mother Fern)
- Asplenium achilleifolium (Asplenium)
- Asplenium bulbiferum (Mother Spleenwort)
- Asplenium dimorphum (Lace Fern)
- Asplenium flaccidum (Drooping Spleenwort)
- Asplenium nidus (Bird's Nest Fern)
- Asplenium sp. (Bird's Nest Fern)
- Asplenium trichomanes (Maidenhair Spleenwort)
- Diplazium proliferum (Peacock Fern)
- Hemionitis arifolia (Heart Fern )
Asplenium viviparum (Mother Fern) with dense, delicate, lacy green leaves hanging in a thick cluster.
Asplenium viviparum (Mother Fern) with dense arching fronds and many small leaves extending outward
Asplenium viviparum (Mother Fern) growing with lacy foliage spread across the dark brown soil surface
Asplenium viviparum (Mother Fern) with dense green fronds spreading low above the dark moist soil.
Asplenium viviparum (Mother Fern) with finely divided green leaves held against palm of hand.
Asplenium viviparum (Mother Fern) with fine green needle-like leaves spreading across the dark brown soil.
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