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Greasewort

Aneura pinguis

Also called Common Greasewort

Greasewort
Photo: HermannSchachner, Public domain

Aneura pinguis, known as greasewort, is a small thalloid liverwort found worldwide in damp places, not a flowering plant grown for display. It is a bryophyte that needs moist, shaded, humid conditions to thrive.

Family
Aneuraceae (Aneur family)
Light
Part shade, Shade
Water
Keep constantly moist; it does best where the surface stays damp.
Soil
Damp, acidic to neutral substrate such as peat, bark, or moist rock and soil banks.
Temperature
Cool to temperate conditions; tolerates cold well but dislikes prolonged heat and drying.
How easy
Moderate

About

Aneura pinguis is a species of liverworts belonging to the family Aneuraceae. It has a cosmopolitan distribution.

Other Aneura plants

Ghostwort · Aneura · Cryptothallus

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aneura pinguis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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