Lepidozia brevifolia var. brevifolia
Creeping Fingerwort
Lepidozia reptans
(L.) Dumort. Species
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- Botanical name
- Lepidozia reptans
- Also known as
- Creeping Fingerwort
- Family
- Lepidoziaceae
- Genus
- Lepidozia
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Creeping Fingerwort
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Lepidozia reptans but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Herpetium reptans
Herpetium reptans f. julaceum
Herpetium reptans f. tenerum
Jungermannia reptans
Jungermannia reptans var. delicatula
Jungermannia reptans var. filiformis
Jungermannia reptans var. geophila
Jungermannia reptans var. reptans
Jungermannia reptans var. tenera
Jungermannia reptans var. xylophila
Lepidozia chinensis
Lepidozia himalayensis
Lepidozia hokinensis
Lepidozia liebmanniana
Lepidozia macrocalyx
Lepidozia macropatens
Lepidozia obliqua
Lepidozia pinnata var. tenera
Lepidozia reptans f. reptans
Lepidozia reptans f. terricola
Lepidozia reptans var. aquatica
Lepidozia reptans var. julacea
Lepidozia reptans var. laxa
Lepidozia reptans var. reptans
Lepidozia reptans var. tenella
Lepidozia reptans var. tenera
Lepidozia subalpina
Lepidozia tridens
Mastigophora reptans
Pleuroschisma reptans
Pleuroschisma reptans var. reptans
Others in Lepidozia
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