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Aspleniaceae
Hart's-tongue fern
Asplenium scolopendrium
Also known as Scolopendrium fern, Tongue fern, Phyllitis scolopendrium, Scolopendrium officinale var. integrum
Zones 5–9Sun Partial ShadeWater ModerateCare Low
Indoor Plants · Native Plants · Fern · Shade-Loving · Indoor-Fern · Evergreen · Humidity-Loving · Woodland · Aspleniaceae · Low-Maintenance · Lime-Tolerant · Foliage-Plant
Pet-safeBeginner-friendlyAir-purifyingIndoor
In stock at 1 nurseryStock updated 9/6/2026
Hart's-tongue fern is an elegant, strap-leafed fern that prefers cool, shaded spots with consistently moist, alkaline soil. It is well-suited to growing indoors in a humid bathroom or outdoors in a sheltered, shady border. Avoid letting the roots dry out completely and mist occasionally to maintain humidity.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 3 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately, keeping soil evenly moist but never soggy; reduce in winter · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
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Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 18 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Falkland Is., France, FøRoyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran
Sources: trefle, usda
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