Vittaria appalachiana
Shoestring Fern
Vittaria lineata
(L.) Sm. Species
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- Botanical name
- Vittaria lineata
- Also known as
- Shoestring Fern
- Family
- Pteridaceae
- Genus
- Vittaria
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Shoestring Fern
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 Vittaria lineata but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Haplopteris lineata
Oetosis filiformis
Oetosis lineata
Oetosis lineata var. filiformis
Polypodium gramineum
Pteris lineata
Pteris lineata
Taeniopsis lineata
Vittaria angustifrons
Vittaria costaricensis
Vittaria curvidentata
Vittaria deppeana
Vittaria filiformis
Vittaria lineata var. curvidentata
Vittaria pachydictyon
Vittaria schkuhrii
Vittaria setacea
Others in Vittaria
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