Fringed Heartwort

Ricciocarpos natans

(L.) Corda Species

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Botanical name
Ricciocarpos natans
Also known as
Fringed Heartwort, Purple-Fringed Liverwort
Family
Ricciaceae
Genus
Ricciocarpos
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Fringed Heartwort

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Other names for this plant

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

Hemiseuma natans Lemna dimidiata Riccia capillata Riccia lutescens Riccia natans Riccia natans f. communis Riccia natans f. fluitans Riccia natans f. limicola Riccia natans f. major Riccia natans f. natans Riccia natans f. terrestris Riccia natans var. brasiliensis Riccia natans var. communis Riccia natans var. major Riccia natans var. natans Riccia natans var. ovata Riccia natans var. terrestris Riccia velutina Ricciella lutescens Ricciocarpos natans f. communis Ricciocarpos natans f. fluitans Ricciocarpos natans f. natans Ricciocarpos natans f. terrestris Ricciocarpos natans f. terricola Ricciocarpos natans subf. crispula Ricciocarpos natans subf. natans Ricciocarpos natans var. major Ricciocarpos natans var. natans Ricciocarpos natans var. subterrestris Ricciocarpos natans var. terrestris Ricciocarpos velutinus Targionia natans

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