Wavy Scaly Cloakfern

Astrolepis sinuata

(Lag. ex Sw.) D.M.Benham & Windham Species

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Botanical name
Astrolepis sinuata
Also known as
Wavy Scaly Cloakfern
Family
Pteridaceae
Genus
Astrolepis
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Wavy Scaly Cloakfern

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Astrolepis sinuata but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Acrostichum sinuatum Astrolepis sinuata subsp. mexicana Cheilanthes sinuata Gymnogramma sinuata Hemionitis sinuata Notholaena chalcolepis Notholaena sinuata Notholaena sinuata f. crenata Notholaena sinuata f. pinnatifida Notholaena sinuata var. crenata Notholaena sinuata var. pinnatifida Notholaena sinuata var. robusta Notholaena tectaria

Others in Astrolepis

Astrolepis cochisensis
Jimmy Fern
Astrolepis cochisensis subsp. arizonica
Astrolepis cochisensis subsp. chihuahuensis
Astrolepis cochisensis subsp. cochisensis
Astrolepis crassifolia
Astrolepis deltoidea
Astrolepis integerrima
Astrolepis laevis

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