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Ceratopteris pteridoides
Also called Floating Fern, Floating Antler Fern, Water Horn Fern
A floating aquatic fern that forms rosettes of antler-shaped fronds on or just below the water surface. It needs warm, bright, still or slow water, and it is best grown as a floating plant in an aquarium or pond.
Ceratopteris pteridoides, the floating antler-fern, is a species of aquatic fern in the family Pteridaceae. It is native to the subtropical and tropical New World, the Indian Subcontinent, central and eastern China, and Vietnam. A short-lived perennial, it can reach 4 ft (1.2 m) in width.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ceratopteris pteridoides 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.
