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Hymenophyllum peltatum, the alpine filmy-fern, is a delicate fern with translucent, one-cell-thick fronds that grows in wet rainforests and cool mountain areas. It needs constant humidity and shade, and it dries out quickly if the air is not kept moist.
Hymenophyllum peltatum, also known as alpine filmy-fern, is a species of filmy fern widely distributed across Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, South America. It is predominantly a rainforest species with delicate foliage arrangements. Members of the Hymenophyllaceae family display almost translucent fronds, bearing thickness of just a single cell.
While not as common as H. cupressiforme species, H. peltatum is widespread and known to occur in cool temperate to sub-tropical rainforests around the world, including Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and South America. One of 19 Hymenophyllum species found in Australia, H. peltatum can be observed across Tasmanian alpine regions, Victoria, NSW, and rarely in Queensland. Habitat includes wet, mossy banks, rocks and logs. It also occurs as an epiphyte on trees such as Nothofagus cunninghami and Atherosperma moschatum.
Hymenophyllum alveolatum · Austral Filmy Fern · Hymenophyllum bivalve · Hymenophyllum brachypus · Creeping Filmy Fern · Hymenophyllum cristatum · Hymenophyllum cruentum · Common Filmy Fern · Drooping Filmy Fern · Hymenophyllum dilatatum · Falkland Filmy Fern · Fan Like Filmy Fern
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hymenophyllum peltatum 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.
