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Bazzania

Bazzania
Photo: Bernd Haynold, CC BY-SA 3.0

Bazzania is a genus of leafy liverworts (non-flowering mosses-like plants) in the family Lepidoziaceae, typically forming dense mats on damp soil, rocks and tree bark. It is not usually grown as a garden or houseplant, and care depends on keeping the surroundings moist and shaded.

Family
Lepidoziaceae (Lepidozi family)
Light
Shade, Part shade
Water
Keep the surface consistently damp; mist or spray regularly if grown in a pot or terrarium.
Soil
Does not root in soil; grows on bark, rock or moist substrate such as sphagnum or a humus layer.
Temperature
Cool to mild conditions, roughly 10–22 °C; avoid hot, dry spells.
How easy
Moderate

About

Bazzania is a genus of liverwort in the family Lepidoziaceae. The name Bazzania is in honour of Matteo Bazzani (1674–1749), an Italian botanist and professor of Anatomy from the University of Bologna.

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bazzania 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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