Hemionitis bradburyi
Common Name(s):
Previously known as:
- Allosorus tomentosus
- Cheilanthes tomentosa
- Myriopteris tomentosa
- Phonetic Spelling
- hem-ee-oh-NYE-tiss brad-BUR-ee-eye
- Description
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Woolly Lipfern is a small native deciduous fern found in rocky areas in the southeastern U.S.A. and Mexico. It has hairs on most of its leaf and stem surfaces. This plant is drought and deer tolerant. The fronds of this plant curl up in dry weather but can easily be revived with water.
Grow this plant in part sun to dappled shade. This fern tolerates poorer soils and dry conditions better than most.
VIDEO Created by NC State Extension's Homegrown series featuring Mark Weathington, Director of JC Raulston Arboretum.
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Hemionitis
- Species:
- bradburyi
- Family:
- Pteridaceae
- Life Cycle:
- Perennial
- Country Or Region Of Origin:
- Central and eastern U.S.A. and Mexico
- Particularly Resistant To (Insects/Diseases/Other Problems):
- This plant is seldom damaged by deer and rabbits.
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Fern
- Native Plant
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Dappled Sunlight (Shade through upper canopy all day)
- Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
- Soil Texture:
- Loam (Silt)
- Shallow Rocky
- Soil Drainage:
- Good Drainage
- Occasionally Dry
- NC Region:
- Mountains
- Piedmont
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone:
- 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b
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Fruit:
- Fruit Description:
- No fruits. This plants reproduces via spores.
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Flowers:
- Flower Description:
- No flowers.
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Leaves:
- Leaf Color:
- Gray/Silver
- Green
- Leaf Feel:
- Soft
- Leaf Value To Gardener:
- Showy
- Leaf Type:
- Compound (Pinnately , Bipinnately, Palmately)
- Fronds
- Leaf Arrangement:
- Opposite
- Rosulate
- Leaf Shape:
- Lanceolate
- Oblanceolate
- Oblong
- Hairs Present:
- Yes
- Leaf Description:
- Fronds emerge in clusters but not in fiddlhead form. Blades are gray-green and compound with 20 pinnae (leaflets)which are opposite.
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Stem:
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
- Stem Surface:
- Hairy (pubescent)
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Landscape:
- Landscape Theme:
- Native Garden
- Attracts:
- Small Mammals
- Songbirds
- Resistance To Challenges:
- Deer
- Drought
