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Oval Wedge Fern

Lindsaea trichomanoides

Oval Wedge Fern
Photo: Rudolph89, CC BY-SA 3.0

Oval Wedge Fern is a small, tufted fern from southeastern Australia and New Zealand that grows on dry lowland to montane forest sites. It is a shade-tolerant fern best kept evenly moist in a sheltered spot.

Family
Lindsaeaceae (Lindsae family)
Grows as
Fern
Light
Part shade, Shade
Water
Keep the soil lightly and evenly moist, letting the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining, humus-rich potting mix or leaf mould.
Temperature
10–24 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SE. Australia, New Zealand
Climate
subtropical

About

Lindsaea trichomanoides is a small, tufted fern from Australia and New Zealand. It is typically found on dry sites in lowland to montane forest and shrubland.

The fronds of L. trichomanoides are between 5 cm and 25 cm long.

Other Lindsaea plants

Screw Fern · Lindsaea microphylla · Necklace Fern

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lindsaea trichomanoides 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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