How to identify Felt fern (Pyrrosia lingua)
Felt fern, also known as Hitotsuba
Felt fern boasts elongated, olive-green fronds, each growing up to 12 to 18 inches (30 to 45 cm) in height and about 2 inches (5 cm) in width. These tactile fronds resemble a cow's tongue in texture, with a slightly wavy margin and a gentle twist throughout the blade. The underside reveals a unique felty appearance due to numerous small, round sori, coupled with stellate hairs and scales in cinnamon to tan hues. Fronds grow individually from slender surface-creeping rhizomes, presenting an attractive evergreen groundcover option.
Lifespan: Perennial
Plant Type: Fern
Leaf Type: Evergreen
Leaves are lance-shaped, leathery, and covered in white to gray-brown stellate hairs.
Fronds resemble a cow's tongue, with wavy margins and a twist, growing up to 18 inches (45 cm).
The leaves of felt fern are leathery and lance-shaped, tapering to a long pointed tip. They measure about 4 to 16 inches (10 to 40 cm) in length. The lower blade is densely covered with persistent, white to gray-brown stellate hairs. The stipe, or leaf stalk, accounts for one-fifth to one-half the length of the entire frond. This combination of shape, texture, and unique coloring makes the leaves distinctive for identification.
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Scientific Classification of Felt fern
