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Pellaea rotundifolia

(G. Forst.) Hook.

Family: Pteridaceae
Order: Polypodiales
Class: Polypodiopsida
Phylum / Division: Monilophyta
Kingdom: Plantae

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Pellaea rotundifolia, the button fern, is a species of fern endemic to New Zealand, where it grows in scrub and forests. It is also a popular garden plant (in zones 8 and 9) and house plant, tolerating low temperatures but not freezing.

Pellaea rotundifolia is a compact, evergreen fern that can have more than 30 pairs of round, dark-green, leathery pinnae on fronds up to in length. The Latin specific epithet rotundifolia means "round-leaved".

Cultivation: It needs acidic and well-drained soil; it does not appreciate the moist, humid conditions that most ferns require so does well with minimal watering.

This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society´s Award of Garden Merit.

Source: Wikipedia, article Pellaea rotundifolia. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 18/07/2026.





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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
173472804/11/2019ArgentinaBuenos AiresMorenoMarcos Augusto Lartigau
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Pellaea rotundifolia – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 25/09/2026.