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Nephrolepis cordifolia
Also called Tuber Ladder Fern, Boston Fern, Ladder Fern, Tuber Fern, Tuberous Sword Fern, Ladder Sword Fern, Narrow Sword Fern
Narrow swordfern is an evergreen fern from tropical and subtropical Asia and the Pacific, with erect fronds up to about 40 to 80 cm tall and small tubers on its rhizome. Keep it moist and in bright, filtered light.
Nephrolepis cordifolia is a species of fern native to tropical and subtropical areas from India through Southeast Asia to Australia and the Pacific islands. It has been introduced to many other countries. It has many common names including fishbone fern, tuberous sword fern, tuber ladder fern, erect sword fern, narrow sword fern and ladder fern, and herringbone fern.
It is native to the following regions as defined in the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions:
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Nephrolepis cordifolia 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.
