This epithetic fern has creeping rhizomes that are covered brown scales that have margins of whitish hairs and forms a clump. It has mid green triangular soft texture fronds and the fertile fronds appear during late summer.

Hardiness zones 10 to 12 

Davallia fejeensis is naturally found in Fiji growing in coastal forests. It grows in moist composted leaf mould that is well drained and fertile in a semi-shaded to bright filtered light protected humid position and is frost and drought tender.

Rabbit's Foot Fern is a popular tropical fern that is grown as a house plant or glasshouse specimen in cool climates and is used in hanging baskets or other containers. In warm climates it is grown outdoors in protected humid positions as a spill-over or around a water feature or in moist rockeries. It establishes from division in 2 to 3 years. ID 1095

Davallia (da-VAHL-ee-a) fejeensis (fee-jee-EN-sis)

‘Davallia’: after Swiss botanist Edmund Davall.

Davalliaceae (da-VAHL-ee-AY-see-ee)