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Hypolepis millefolium
Thousand-leaved fern is a New Zealand native fern with many finely divided, lacy bright green fronds, usually found in montane and alpine areas. It does best in cool, moist, partly shaded conditions and is deciduous in winter.
Hypolepis millefolium, the thousand leaved fern, alpine pig fern, or summer green fern is a species of fern, endemic to New Zealand.
Hypolepis millefolium is known from all three of the main islands of New Zealand, and from the Chatham Islands, Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands, and Campbell Island. It is not known from the Kermadecs or the Snares.
Common Pig Fern · Harsh Ground Fern · Hypolepis parallelogramma · Hypolepis poeppigii · Dotted Beadfern · Downy Ground fern · Ruddy Ground Fern · False Bracken · Beadfern
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hypolepis millefolium 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.
