Featherwort Plant Care
Trichocolea tomentella (Ehrh.) Dumort.
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Trichocolea tomentella is a species of liverwort belonging to the family Trichocoleaceae. It forms loose, pale green to yellowish-white mats and is characterised by its highly divided leaves that give it a feathery or fuzzy appearance.
Low to medium indirect light
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How do you care for Featherwort?
Featherwort grows best in low to medium indirect light.
What Is the Featherwort?
Featherwort (Trichocolea tomentella) belongs to the Trichocoleaceae family within the Trichocolea genus. Featherwort is also known as Woolly Featherwort.
Featherwort displays a low rosette, creeping growth habit, reaching up to tall with a spread of approximately . Featherwort produces small, inconspicuous flowers.
What Light Does the Featherwort Need?
Featherwort thrives in low to medium indirect light. Avoid placing Featherwort in direct, harsh sunlight for extended periods, as this can scorch the foliage.
Light Requirement
Low to medium indirect light
What Soil Mix Works Best for a Featherwort?
Moist, well-draining peat-based soil mix with added perlite for aeration. Good drainage is essential for Featherwort to prevent waterlogging, which leads to root rot and fungal issues.
How Do You Repot a Featherwort?
Repot every 1-2 years in early spring. Choose a pot one size larger than the current container, and ensure it has drainage holes to allow excess water to escape.
How Do You Propagate a Featherwort?
Featherwort can be propagated through spores, division of rhizomes. Similar propagation techniques also apply to hairy neckera plant care, which shares the same genus.
Is the Featherwort Toxic to Pets and Children?
Pet safety not verified
The ASPCA does not list Featherwort, so we can't confirm whether it is safe for cats and dogs. Keep pets from chewing it as a precaution.
This is a general caution, not veterinary or medical advice. If your pet ate a plant, contact your vet or animal poison control.
See all plants toxic to cats and plants toxic to dogs.
What Pests and Diseases Affect the Featherwort?
Featherwort is susceptible to fungal infections, scale insects. Inspect the foliage regularly, especially along leaf undersides and stems. Treat infestations promptly with insecticidal soap or neem oil to prevent spread.
Yellow leaves, brown tips or drooping? See common plant problems and how to fix them.
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Featherwort is one of many species covered in the complete plant care and identification guide, which groups plants by genus, attribute, and popularity.
It belongs to the Trichocolea genus — compare its care with other Trichocolea species on PlantoScan.
Trichocolea is part of the Trichocoleaceae plant family — browse all Trichocoleaceae genera and species.
Featherwort copes with lower light than most plants — browse the full list of low-light plants.
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Sources
- Scientific name & taxonomy: Trichocolea tomentella (Ehrh.) Dumort., family Trichocoleaceae (first published in Syll. Jungerm. Europ. 67 1831) — World Flora Online record.
- Pet toxicity: Pet safety not verified: the ASPCA does not list Featherwort, so we can't confirm whether it is safe for cats and dogs. Checked against the ASPCA plant list; any other toxicity note on this page comes from PlantoScan's plant database.
- Care values(watering, light, temperature, humidity, soil, fertilizing): PlantoScan's plant database, filtered by automatic plausibility checks — values that fail them are hidden. How we source and check plant data.
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