Purple Cliffbrake
Pellaea atropurpurea
Purple cliffbrake is a drought-tough evergreen fern of dry limestone cliffs and ledges, with blue-gray fronds on dark purple stems. A rock-garden gem for lean, alkaline sites.
- Family
- Pteridaceae
- Type
- fern
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.5–1.5 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–1 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- alkaline, neutral
- Landscape uses
- groundcover, container, naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV