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Nephrolepis
Boston fern
Other common names
ladder fernsword fern
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Botanical details
- Family
- Lomariopsidaceae
- Native to the UK
- No
- Genus
Nephrolepis
- Genus description
Nephrolepis are rhizomatous, sometimes stoloniferous, evergreen ferns with narrow, pinnately divided fronds, broader and more highly dissected in many cultivars
- Name status
Correct
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