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Sphenophyllum

Also called Tracheophytes

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Photo: Woudloper, Public domain

Sphenophyllum is an extinct genus of Paleozoic plants, known only from fossils, not a plant you can grow. Its members were small, whorled-leaved relatives of horsetails, so care advice does not apply.

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Fern

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Sphenophyllum is a genus in the order Sphenophyllales. It has been placed in the family Sphenophyllaceae.

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sphenophyllum 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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