Adiantum × tracyi
Common Maidenhair
Adiantum capillus-veneris
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- Botanical name
- Adiantum capillus-veneris
- Also known as
- Common Maidenhair, Common Maidenhair Fern, Maidenhair Fern, Southern Maidenhair, Southern Maidenhair Fern, Venus Maidenhair Fern, Venus' Hair-Fern, Venus'-Hair Fern, Venus's Hair Fern, Venus's Maidenhair, Venushair
- Family
- Pteridaceae
- Genus
- Adiantum
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Common Maidenhair
We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Adiantum capillus-veneris but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Adiantum affine
Adiantum africanum
Adiantum australe
Adiantum capillaceum
Adiantum capillus
Adiantum capillus-veneris f. cristatum
Adiantum capillus-veneris f. fissum
Adiantum capillus-veneris f. rimicola
Adiantum capillus-veneris subsp. trifidum
Adiantum capillus-veneris var. capillus-veneris
Adiantum capillus-veneris var. daphnites
Adiantum capillus-veneris var. dissectum
Adiantum capillus-veneris var. dissectum
Adiantum capillus-veneris var. fissum
Adiantum capillus-veneris var. grande
Adiantum capillus-veneris var. imbricatum
Adiantum capillus-veneris var. kenyense
Adiantum capillus-veneris var. laciniatum
Adiantum capillus-veneris var. magnificum
Adiantum capillus-veneris var. modestum
Adiantum capillus-veneris var. pinnata
Adiantum capillus-veneris var. polyhymnia
Adiantum capillus-veneris var. protrusum
Adiantum capillus-veneris var. rimicola
Adiantum capillus-veneris var. trifidum
Adiantum capillus-veneris var. trifidum
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