Fittonia gigantea
Silver Fittonia
Fittonia albivenis
(Lindl. ex Veitch) Brummitt Species
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- Botanical name
- Fittonia albivenis
- Also known as
- Mosaic-Plant, Nerveplant, Silver Fittonia, Silver Netleaf, Silver Netplant, Silver-Nerve, Silver-Threads, Snakeskinplant
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Genus
- Fittonia
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Silver Fittonia
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 Fittonia albivenis but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Adelaster albivenis
Adelaster albovenosus
Eranthemum rubronervium
Eranthemum rubrovenium
Eranthemum verschaffeltii
Fittonia argyroneura
Fittonia metallica
Fittonia pearcei
Fittonia verschaffeltii
Fittonia verschaffeltii f. argyroneura
Fittonia verschaffeltii var. argyroneura
Gymnostachyum argyroneurum
Gymnostachyum pearcei
Gymnostachyum verschaffeltii
Others in Fittonia
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