Nephrolepis 'Bostoniensis'

The Boston fern, a mutation found in 1894 in a shipment of N. exaltata sent to Boston from Philadelphia. It has gracefully arching fronds where the species' fronds are erect, and it holds the RHS Award of Garden Merit.

Parentage

Nephrolepis exaltata

A sport or selection: wholly its one parent.

Wild ancestry

The wild species it descends from, with each one's share of the ancestry:

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Parentage from published registrations and growers' records; the family tree in the app shows each step's source.