Nephrolepis exaltata
Common Sword Fern, Boston fern, Boston Swordfern, Boston sword fern, Sword Fern, Fishbone Fern, Niʻaniʻau, Southern Sword Fern
Description
A rhizomatous evergreen fern with a bushy, globular habit, popular in interior design for its long, brightly pinnate, arching fronds that lend an accent of elegance and refinement. Also suitable for green walls and hanging pots. Present with an assortment of cultivars that differ mainly in growth vigour as well as in the morphology and colour shades of the foliage.
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Pteridophyta
- Class
- Pteridopsida
- Order
- Polypodiales
- Family
- Polypodiaceae
- Genus
- Nephrolepis
- Species
- Nephrolepis exaltata
Synonyms (4)
- Aspidium exaltatum
- Hypopeltis exaltata
- Nephrodium exaltatum
- Polypodium exaltatum
