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Anthurium crenatum
Also called Laceleaf, Rat Tail
Scalloped laceleaf is an epiphytic shrub from the Caribbean whose large, scalloped, textured leaves make it a good container plant. It grows best in humid, warm conditions with bright but filtered light and a loose, airy mix.
Anthurium crenatum, the scalloped laceleaf, is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae, native to the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and introduced to the Venezuelan Antilles. With its large, textured leaves it is suitable for containers.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Anthurium crenatum 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.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
