Wall Scalewort

Porella platyphylla

(L.) Pfeiff. Species

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Botanical name
Porella platyphylla
Also known as
Wall Scalewort
Family
Porellaceae
Genus
Porella
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Wall Scalewort

We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.

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Other names for this plant

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

Antoiria vulgaris Antoiria vulgaris var. minor Bellincinia platyphylla Cavendishia platyphylla Cavendishia platyphylla var. major Cavendishia platyphylla var. platyphylla Jungermannia platyphylla Jungermannia platyphylla var. intermedia Jungermannia platyphylla var. major Jungermannia platyphylla var. major Jungermannia platyphylla var. platyphylla Lejeunea platyphylla Madotheca jackii Madotheca navicularis f. distans Madotheca navicularis var. distans Madotheca platyphylla Madotheca platyphylla f. applanata Madotheca platyphylla f. applanata Madotheca platyphylla f. attenuata Madotheca platyphylla f. communis Madotheca platyphylla f. convexifolia Madotheca platyphylla f. convexula Madotheca platyphylla f. convexula-attenuata Madotheca platyphylla f. depauperata Madotheca platyphylla f. intermedia Madotheca platyphylla f. major Madotheca platyphylla f. paradoxa Madotheca platyphylla f. platyphylla Madotheca platyphylla f. reptans Madotheca platyphylla f. squarrosa Madotheca platyphylla f. subsquarrosa Madotheca platyphylla f. umbrosa Madotheca platyphylla subsp. platyphylla Madotheca platyphylla var. communis Madotheca platyphylla var. laxa Madotheca platyphylla var. major Madotheca platyphylla var. platyphylla Madotheca platyphylla var. porelloides Madotheca platyphylla var. subsquarrosa Madotheca platyphylla var. subsquarrosa Porella jackii Porella platyphylla subsp. platyphylla Porella platyphylla var. major Porella platyphylla var. major Porella platyphylla var. major-convexula Porella platyphylla var. subsquarrosa Porella platyphylla var. subsquarrosa Porella platyphylla var. vulgaris

Others in Porella

Porella acutifolia subsp. tosana
Porella caespitans var. intermedia
Porella arboris-vitae subsp. nitidula
Porella caespitans var. caespitans
Porella brasiliensis
Porella campylophylla subsp. campylophylla
Porella capehorniensis
Porella chilensis var. chilensis

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