Onoclea struthiopteris
Bead Fern
Onoclea sensibilis
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- Botanical name
- Onoclea sensibilis
- Also known as
- Bead Fern, Meadow Brake, Polypod Brake, Sensitive Fern
- Family
- Onocleaceae
- Genus
- Onoclea
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Bead Fern
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Onoclea sensibilis but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Angiopteris sensibilis
Calypterium sensibile
Onoclea augescens
Onoclea obtusilobata
Onoclea obtusilobata unranked hemiphyllodes
Onoclea sensibilis f. acutisegmenta
Onoclea sensibilis f. hemiphyllodes
Onoclea sensibilis f. obtusilobata
Onoclea sensibilis f. sensibilis
Onoclea sensibilis f. ventroperaferens
Onoclea sensibilis var. genuina
Onoclea sensibilis var. obtusilobata
Pterinodes sensibilis
Ragiopteris obtusiloba
Ragiopteris obtusilobata
Ragiopteris onocleoides
Riedlea sensibilis
Others in Onoclea
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