Pteris multifida
Sword Brake
Pteris ensiformis
Burm. Species
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- Botanical name
- Pteris ensiformis
- Also known as
- Slender Brake, Sword Brake
- Family
- Pteridaceae
- Genus
- Pteris
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Sword Brake
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 Pteris ensiformis but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Acrostichum trifoliatum
Phorolobus chinensis
Pteris attenuata
Pteris caudata
Pteris crenata
Pteris ensiformis var. ensiformis
Pteris ensiformis var. furcans
Pteris ensiformis var. rheophila
Pteris gracilis
Pteris heterodactyla
Pteris multidentata
Pteris prionitis
Pteris serrulata var. obtusata
Pteris stricta
Others in Pteris
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