Scientific Name
Pyrrosia lingua

Common Name
Tongue fern; Felt fern

Zones:  6-10





Height: 8 to 12"
Deciduous/Evergreen: Evergreen
Fronds: Blade is leathery, lance shaped and tapers to a long pointed tip; lower blade is densely covered with persistent white to gray brown stellate hairs; stipe one fifth to one half the frond length
Comments: Long creeping rhizome; naturally occurs on rocks; prefers bright light; tolerates drought
Cultivars: N/A
 

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