Lace Lip Fern
Cheilanthes gracillima
Lace lip fern is a drought-hardy evergreen rock fern of the Pacific Northwest, its finely cut fronds curling tight in dry spells and reviving with rain.
- Family
- Pteridaceae
- Type
- fern
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.3–0.8 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–1 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, acidic
- Landscape uses
- groundcover, container, naturalizing
- Native states
- CA, ID, MT, NV, OR, UT, WA