Mnium stellareHedw.

stellar calcareous moss

WFO wfo-0001187720 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Mnium stellare, photographed by George Greiff
fig. a George Greiff, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-02-27 / obs. 180953024
Mnium stellare, photographed by Helen Waterman
fig. b Helen Waterman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 129797992
Mnium stellare, photographed by Christian Berg
fig. c Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 126673607
Mnium stellare, photographed by Christian Berg
fig. d Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 119327128
Mnium stellare, photographed by George Greiff
fig. e George Greiff, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 64533940
Mnium stellare, photographed by George Greiff
fig. f George Greiff, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 18993880
Mnium stellare, photographed by Helen Waterman
fig. g Helen Waterman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 128275311
Mnium stellare, photographed by Helen Waterman
fig. h Helen Waterman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 182599424

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Also published as 12 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.

  • Astrophyllum stellare (Hedw.) Lindb.
  • Bryum capillare var. denticulatum Arn.
  • Bryum stellare (Hedw.) Sm.
  • Hypnum stellare (Hedw.) F.Weber & D.Mohr
  • Mnium stellare f. argutum Herzog
  • Mnium stellare var. brachycarpum Myrin
  • Mnium stellare var. densum Grav.
  • Mnium stellare var. integerrimum Corb.
  • Mnium stellare var. lineare Żmuda
  • Mnium stellare var. stellare
  • Polla stellaris (Hedw.) Brid.
  • Stellariomnium stellare (Hedw.) M.C.Bowers

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.