PlantFiles: Lace Fern, Ring Fern, Scented Fern
Paesia scaberula

I live in South San Francisco, Calif. We have weather that ranges from comfortable warm days to heavy fog to torrencial wind and rain. I have found that when I first bring home a healthy 5 gal Lace Fern they are always fragile. ( I have several of these). I keep them in full shade, but soon after arriving at my home, all the leaves get a small brown trim around them. Once I cut these off and wait for new growth, they seem to be fine. I'm getting the impression they do not like to be moved a lot.

This plant is often a weed here, volunteering in glasshouses -- especially in propagation pans when trying to propagate other ferns from spores or slow-germinating native seeds. Often seen growing under decks, sometimes on heavy clay soil.

Native to New Zealand.