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Greater Whipwort

Bazzania trilobata

Also called Threelobed Bazzania, Three Lobed Whipwort

Greater Whipwort
Photo: Bernd Haynold, CC BY-SA 3.0

Bazzania trilobata is a small leafy liverwort (a non-flowering bryophyte) in the Lepidoziaceae family, found in cool temperate woodlands of the Northern Hemisphere. It grows on shaded, moist bark, rocks or decaying wood and is kept mainly by enthusiasts who want naturalistic moss or terrarium cover.

Family
Lepidoziaceae (Lepidozi family)
Light
Shade, Part shade
Water
Keep damp with misting or soaking, but never waterlogged; it needs steady humidity.
Soil
Grows on bark, rock or decaying wood rather than soil; a moist, acidic substrate such as bark or sphagnum works.
Temperature
10–20 °C; tolerates cold but dislikes heat above about 25 °C
How easy
Moderate

About

Bazzania trilobata, the greater whipwort or threelobed bazzania, is a species of liverwort in the Lepidoziaceae family. It grows in the Northern Hemisphere temperate zone.

Other Bazzania plants

Bazzania adnexa · Bazzania bhutanica · Bazzania

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bazzania trilobata 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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