Riccia asservanda
Black Crystalwort
Riccia nigrella
DC. Species
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- Botanical name
- Riccia nigrella
- Also known as
- Black Crystalwort
- Family
- Ricciaceae
- Genus
- Riccia
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Black Crystalwort
We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.
GardenDecoded's botanical data covers every accepted species, but growing advice is written by hand rather than imported — so it exists only for the plants we have worked through so far. The botanical detail above is complete and sourced.
Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Riccia nigrella but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Euriccia nigrella
Riccia aeruginosa
Riccia aggregata
Riccia minima var. major
Riccia nigrella f. elongata
Riccia nigrella f. limicola
Riccia nigrella f. nigrella
Riccia nigrella var. elongata
Riccia nigrella var. linearis
Riccia nigrella var. major
Riccia nigrella var. nigrella
Riccia pearsonii
Riccia sorocarpa var. major
Others in Riccia
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