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Athyrium haleakalae

Athyrium haleakalae is a rare Hawaiian fern found only on East Maui, where it grows on vertical stream walls, often near waterfalls. It is a wild endemic rather than a common garden plant, and it tolerates flooding.

Family
Athyriaceae (Athyri family)
Grows as
Fern
Light
Part shade, Shade
Water
Keep the roots consistently moist and never let them dry out.
Soil
Moist, humus-rich, well-draining mix such as a peat-based or fern mix.
Temperature
Cool to warm tropical conditions, roughly 15–28 °C; protect below 10 °C.
How easy
Hard
Native range
Hawaiian Is. (E. Maui)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Athyrium haleakalae one of six single-island endemic fern or lycophyte taxon found on Maui Island, Hawaii. It survives on vertical stream walls, especially near waterfalls. It can withstand flooding. It was identified and described in 2017 by Kenneth Wood and Warren Wagner.

Other Athyrium plants

Alpine ladyfern · Northeastern Lady Fern · Athyrium arisanense · Southern Lady Fern · Shady Ladyfern · Lady-fern · Athyrium medium · Eared Lady Fern · Asian Common Ladyfern · Lady Fern

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Athyrium haleakalae 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.

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