Porella acutifolia subsp. tosana
Pinnate Scalewort
Porella pinnata
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- Botanical name
- Porella pinnata
- Also known as
- Pinnate Scalewort
- Family
- Porellaceae
- Genus
- Porella
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Pinnate Scalewort
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Porella pinnata but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Bellincinia involuta
Bellincinia porella
Cavendishia porella
Jungermannia distans
Jungermannia lichenastrum
Jungermannia platyphylla var. laxa
Jungermannia porella
Jungermannia porella var. distans
Jungermannia viridis
Madotheca involuta
Madotheca microrhyncha
Madotheca porella
Madotheca porella f. densa
Madotheca porella f. distans
Madotheca porella var. distans
Madotheca sullivantii
Porella pinnata f. involuta
Porella pinnata f. pinnata
Porella pinnata var. densa
Porella pinnata var. pinnata
Porella sullivantii
Others in Porella
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