Thelypteris ovata var lindheimeri Austin City Limits Plants Retiring This Year light purple with a yellow

light purple with a yellow center

naturally occurring hybrid of Sarracenia purpurea x rubra

I first spotted this fascinating deer-resistant Eurasian-native bog plant in England decades ago at the garden of the introducer

so that it won't get lost

whose roots are grown for use as a medicinal anti-spasmodic

Thelypteris ovata var lindheimeri Austin City Limits Plants Retiring This Year light purple with a yellow(aka: Thelypteris normalis A2T 025, Pelazoneuron ovatum var. lindheimeri) Thelypteris ovata var. lindheimeri 'Austin City Limits' is a wonderful but virtually unknown deciduous fern, closely related to the better known Thelypteris kunthii. In 2000, Texas plantsman garden writer Scott Ogden took me to a road cut in Comal County, Texas (about 40 minutes south of the Austin city limits), where this tough fern was growing quite well in a sunny site among