Dixie Silverback Fern

Pityrogramma calomelanos

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Botanical name
Pityrogramma calomelanos
Also known as
Dixie Silverback Fern
Family
Pteridaceae
Genus
Pityrogramma
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Dixie Silverback Fern

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Pityrogramma calomelanos but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Acrostichum album Acrostichum calomelanos Ceratopteris calomelanos Ceropteris calomelanos Ceropteris calomelanos Ceropteris calomelanos var. gracilis Ceropteris distans Ceropteris martensii Ceropteris massonii Ceropteris serrata Gymnogramma bidentata Gymnogramma calomelanos Gymnogramma calomelanos f. albofarinosa Gymnogramma calomelanos f. epruinata Gymnogramma calomelanos f. flavofarinosa Gymnogramma calomelanos var. denudata Gymnogramma calomelanos var. martensii Gymnogramma calomelas Gymnogramma distans Gymnogramma hybrida Gymnogramma martensii Gymnogramma massonii Gymnogramma serrata Neurogramma calomelanos Pityrogramma albicans Pityrogramma calomelanos var. calomelanos Pityrogramma calomelanos var. distans Pityrogramma calomelanos var. distans Pityrogramma calomelanos var. integrifoliolata Pityrogramma chamaesorbus Pityrogramma consimilis Pityrogramma hybrida Pityrogramma insularis Pityrogramma intermedia Pityrogramma mira Pityrogramma tenerrima

Others in Pityrogramma

Pityrogramma × longipes
Pityrogramma aurantiaca
Pityrogramma austroamericana
Leatherleaf Goldback Fern
Pityrogramma jamesonii
Pityrogramma schizophylla
Pityrogramma × herzogii
Pityrogramma × mckenneyi
Pityrogramma × watkinsii

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