Grimmia ovalis(Hedw.) Lindb.

oval dry rock moss

WFO wfo-0001173723 Accepted WFO 2026-06 3 photographs CC0

Plate 1 figs. a–c · 1 observation

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 1 time, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Grimmia ovalis, photographed by Randal
fig. a Randal, CC0 1.0 / 2022-05-24 / obs. 200854468
Grimmia ovalis, photographed by Randal
fig. b Randal, CC0 1.0 / obs. 200854428
Grimmia ovalis, photographed by Randal
fig. c Randal, CC0 1.0 / obs. 200854404

Every figure is a research-grade observation under CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA, rehosted with the photographer’s name, the licence and the observation it came from. Photographs under a NonCommercial licence are excluded from this site and are never stored, which costs us a great many pictures and is not negotiable.

Also published as 61 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Bryum flavum Vill. ex Brid.
  • Bryum ovale (Hedw.) Hoffm. ex Dicks.
  • Campylopus ovalis (Hedw.) Wahlenb.
  • Campylopus ovalis var. ovatus (F.Weber & D.Mohr) Wahlenb.
  • Campylopus ovatus (P.Beauv.) Brid.
  • Dicranum durum Lag., D.García & Clemente
  • Dicranum ovale Hedw.
  • Dicranum ovatum (P.Beauv.) Brid.
  • Dryptodon ellipticus (Funck) Hartm.
  • Dryptodon ovalis (Hedw.) Hartm.
  • Dryptodon ovatus (F.Weber & D.Mohr) Hartm.
  • Dryptodon ovatus (P.Beauv.) Brid.
  • Dryptodon ovatus var. denticulatus Brid.
  • Dryptodon ovatus var. elongatus Brid.
  • Dryptodon ovatus var. nigricans Brid.
  • Grimmia bernoullii Müll.Hal.
  • Grimmia canadensis H.Winter
  • Grimmia caucasica (Müll.Hal.) A.Jaeger
  • Grimmia commutata Huebener
  • Grimmia commutata f. basaltica Vilh.
  • Grimmia commutata f. brevipila (Warnst.) Vilh.
  • Grimmia commutata f. epilifera J.E.Zetterst.
  • Grimmia commutata f. minor Laz.
  • Grimmia commutata f. rivularis Loeske

and 37 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite. It has no native range either: Kew's checklist does not cover this taxon.