Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, South Africa
Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, South Africa
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Nephrolepis exaltata Fluffy Ruffles
Common name:
Boston fern, cultivar Fluffy Ruffles
Family:
Oleandraceae
Distribution:
Central America
IUCN Red list:
Least concern
Black list:
Listed NEMBA Category 1 Invasive - Must be destroyed/removed by law.
Life form:
Herbaceous perennial
Comments:
Fluffy Ruffles is a dwarf sterile cultivar of Nephrolepis exaltata with compact, frilly foliage. Because it is sterile it is excluded from the NEMBA Category 1 that applies to fertile cultivars and forms of this species.
Links:
IUCN Red List
Locations
1:
Fern House Living Wall
(Living Wall)
• Accession: 2022-98 • Provenance: Horticultural
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Individual