Onychium kholianum
Carrot Fern
Onychium japonicum
(Thunb.) Kunze Species
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- Botanical name
- Onychium japonicum
- Also known as
- Carrot Fern
- Family
- Pteridaceae
- Genus
- Onychium
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Carrot Fern
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Onychium japonicum but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Asplenium japonicum
Asplenium swartzianum
Caenopteris japonica
Caenopteris japonica
Cryptogramma japonica
Darea japonica
Onychium carvifolium
Onychium chinense
Onychium japonicum f. echizenense
Onychium japonicum var. japonicum
Pteris japonica
Trichomanes japonicum
Others in Onychium
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