Pteris pallens
Trembling Brake
Pteris tremula
R.Br. Species
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- Botanical name
- Pteris tremula
- Also known as
- Poor-Man's-Cibotium, Shaking Brake, Tender Brake, Tender Brake Fern, Trembling Brake
- Family
- Pteridaceae
- Genus
- Pteris
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Trembling Brake
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Pteris tremula but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Pteris affinis
Pteris argentea
Pteris arguta var. tremula
Pteris baueriana
Pteris chrysocarpa
Pteris tenuis
Pteris tremula unranked smithiana
Pteris tremula var. caudata
Pteris tremula var. foliosa
Pteris tremula var. minor
Pteris tremula var. pectinata
Others in Pteris
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