Translation of "avenca" into English

Aquela varanda envidraçada estava cheia de begônias e avencas e cólios vermelhos.

The verandah was a conservatory full of begonias, maidenhairs and red flowers,

Bem perto umas das outras há plantas árticas, como a drias, e plantas subtropicais, como a avenca-cabelo-de-vênus.

Within a few inches of one another are Arctic plants, such as the mountain avens, and subtropical plants, such as the maidenhair fern.