Species · genus Fittonia · Acanthaceae

Mosaic-plant

Fittonia albivenis (Lindl. ex Veitch) Brummitt

Also known as: Nerveplant · Silver Fittonia · Silver Netleaf · Silver Netplant · Silver-nerve

Growth habit

subshrub

Native range

Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela

Reference · F. albivenis

Cultivars of F. albivenis

The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.

No named cultivars catalogued under F. albivenis yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.

Guide

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Fittonia albivenis is a low, creeping subshrub from the humid Amazonian understory of northern South America, where it grows in dappled shade beneath taller plants. It wants bright indirect light and consistently high humidity, and it sulks visibly when allowed to dry out, so water when the top of the mix begins to feel dry rather than waiting for it to fully dry through. It prefers even moisture but rots if left standing wet, so let surface dryness be the cue and ensure free drainage.

Care recipe

The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.

Care notes are early — not yet verified

Light: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Water: ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 3-7d)
Humidity: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Soil: ai:claude-fable-5
Care: ai:claude-fable-5

Light

Bright, indirect

Water

≈ every 7 days

Humidity

High

Temperature

18–27 °C

Soil mix

Light, moisture-retentive peat-based mix

Propagation

Stem cuttings rooted in water or moist soil

Fertilizing

Dilute balanced feed every 2-4 weeks while growing

Growth rate

Moderate

Flowering

Insignificant flowers, grown for foliage

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Not yet documented

This is where toxicity lives — every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.

Reference images

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Sources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 3-7d) · ai:claude-fable-5

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