Astrolepis sinuata Jo Levy Rubus pubescens with the Asian Cypripedium

pubescens with the Asian Cypripedium fasciolatum

The 7' tall stalk jumps out of the ground in spring

a must-have for collectors

If you don't want lots of offspring

blue-green leaves that

Astrolepis sinuata Jo Levy Rubus pubescens with the Asian Cypripedium(syn: Cheilanthes sinuata) Astrolepis sinuata 'Jo Levy' is one of our favorite desert sun ferns, shared with us by orchid specialist Jo Levy of Memphis, who found this form of the Southwest US Mexican native particularly adaptable in her humid, wet Southeast garden. Astrolepis sinuata 'Jo Levy' forms a slowly expanding, 18" wide, evergreen clump of rigidly upright black green fronds, backed with a dense brown coat of spores (fern seed). Astrolepis