Adiantum × tracyi
Brittle Maidenhair
Adiantum tenerum
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- Botanical name
- Adiantum tenerum
- Also known as
- Brittle Maidenhair, Maiden Hair
- Family
- Pteridaceae
- Genus
- Adiantum
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Brittle 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 tenerum but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Adiantum assimile
Adiantum bessoniae
Adiantum bessonianum
Adiantum extensum
Adiantum fergusonii
Adiantum ghiesbreghtii
Adiantum littorale
Adiantum multiforme
Adiantum tenerum var. littorale
Adiantum tenerum var. majus
Adiantum tenerum var. minus
Adiantum tenerum var. obtusissimum
Adiantum tenerum var. rotundatum
Adiantum trapeziforme var. trapezoides
Adiantum trapezoides
Others in Adiantum
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