Cystopteris (Athyriaceae) BSWJ6767

moupinensis

A charming little species we collected from the Tayuling area of Taiwan at 2660m. With a creeping very slender rhizome covered in ginger scale when young, bearing small triangular 3-4-pinnatifid fronds 30-50cm long, with round sori on the undersides in autumn. Easily grown in a leafy moisture retentive soil in full or part shade.