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Photo by JLBG taken at Juniper Level Botanic Gdn, NC
Cheilanthes eckloniana coll. #A1SA-157
Ecklon's Lip Fern
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Item #: 6791
Zones: 7b to 9b, guessing
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 8" tall
Origin: South Africa
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
(aka: Notholaena eckloniana) One of the most exciting plants that we saw on our 2005 expedition to South Africa was a desert fern, Cheilanthes eckloniana. Although we have only dropped to 15 degrees F since we have had it in the garden, it has remained evergreen so far. The steely blue-green fronds emerge from the hairy tan croziers to form an 8" tall x 8" wide clump. These spore-grown offerings are from plants at the coldest part of its range in the Naudes Nek Pass region of the Eastern Cape at 7703' elevation. C. eckloniana is named after the 1800's Danish plant collector Christian Ecklon.
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Other Attributes
Genus: Cheilanthes
Other: Rain Garden Plants