Pellaea glabella
Hairy Cliffbrake
Pellaea atropurpurea
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- Botanical name
- Pellaea atropurpurea
- Also known as
- Hairy Cliffbrake, Purple Cliffbrake, Purple-Stem Cliff-Brake, Purple-Stem Cliffbrake, Purple-Stemmed Cliffbrake
- Family
- Pteridaceae
- Genus
- Pellaea
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Hairy Cliffbrake
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Pellaea atropurpurea but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Allosorus atropurpureus
Asplenium atropurpureum
Cassebeera atropurpurea
Cassebeera atropurpurea var. minima
Hemionitis atropurpurea
Notholaena atropurpurea
Pellaea atropurpurea f. bifida
Pellaea atropurpurea f. furcata
Pellaea atropurpurea var. cristata
Pellaea atropurpurea var. latifolia
Pellaea atropurpurea var. minima
Pellaea atropurpurea var. mucronata
Pellaea atropurpurea var. nana
Pellaea atropurpurea var. punctata
Pellaea atropurpurea var. venosa
Pellaea mucronata
Pellaea spiculata
Platyloma atropurpureum
Pteris atropurpurea
Pteris spiculata
Others in Pellaea
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