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Adiantum peruvianum
Also called Silver Dollar Fern
Silver dollar maidenhair fern is a tropical fern with black stems and round, coin-like leaflets, grown mainly as a houseplant or greenhouse plant. It needs steady humidity and consistently moist soil, and dislikes drying out.
Adiantum peruvianum, the silver-dollar fern or Peruvian maidenhair, is a fern in the genus Adiantum. It has black stems and large flat pinnules. It is frequently grown as an ornamental greenhouse or houseplant.
Adiantum aethiopicum · Aleutian maidenhair · Common maidenhair · Adiantum formosum · Rough maidenhair · California maidenhair · Delta maidenhair · Himalayan maidenhair fern · Maidenhair fern
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Adiantum peruvianum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
