Glossy, evergreen leaves are shiny and nearly glow in the shaded landscape. Polyblepharum means "many eyelashes" in reference to the hairy fiddleheads and petioles. As the fiddleheads unfurl they flip backwards and resemble tassels, hence the common name of Tassel Fern. An excellent addition to the mixed woodland border or wild gardens its graceful vase shaped clump slowly spreads. Deer and rabbit resistant.