Pleopeltis lepidopteris Morro dos Conventos Butia Asplenium scolopendrium 'Hokkaido Gem' benefits

Asplenium scolopendrium 'Hokkaido Gem' benefits from a rich

chalice-shaped flowers during the summer months

These groundcover-forming clumps

The silver dollar-sized leaves are deep green with large central silver patterns in each leaf

quite unique and quite beautiful

Pleopeltis lepidopteris Morro dos Conventos Butia Asplenium scolopendrium 'Hokkaido Gem' benefitsFor a fern we didn't even know existed before 2010, Pleopeltis lepidopteris has quickly become one of our favorites. This sun loving lithophytic (rock grower) fern hails from the sandy, acidic coastal (restinga) habitats in southern Brazil (Rio Grande du Sul). This offering is a Yucca Do find from a disjunct population along the beach in Morro dos Conventos, Brazil. The 2' tall x 2" wide, rigidly upright fronds emerge covered in thick silver hair, to