Fragile Rockbrake

Cryptogramma stelleri

(S.G.Gmel.) Prantl Species

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Botanical name
Cryptogramma stelleri
Also known as
Cliff-Brake, Fragile Rock-Brake, Fragile Rockbrake, Slender Cliffbrake, Slender Rock-Brake, Slender Rockbrake, Steller's Rock-Brake, Steller's Rockbrake
Family
Pteridaceae
Genus
Cryptogramma
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Fragile Rockbrake

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Other names for this plant

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

Allosorus gracilis Allosorus gracilis Allosorus minutus Allosorus stelleri Cheilanthes gracilis Cryptogramma crispa var. japonica Cryptogramma gracilis Pellaea gracilis Pellaea stelleri Pteris gracilis Pteris minuta Pteris stelleri

Others in Cryptogramma

Cryptogramma bithynica
Cryptogramma acrostichoides
Parsley Rockbrake
Cryptogramma brunoniana subsp. raddeana
Cryptogramma cascadensis
Cascade Parsley Fern
Cryptogramma crispa
Parsley Fern
Cryptogramma gorovoii
Cryptogramma sitchensis
Alaska Parsley Fern
Cryptogramma brunoniana

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