Nyholmiella obtusifolia(Brid.) Holmen & E.Warncke

obtuseleaf aspen moss

WFO wfo-0001197488 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Nyholmiella obtusifolia, photographed by Christian Berg
fig. a Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-01 / obs. 195027545
Nyholmiella obtusifolia, photographed by carnifex
fig. b carnifex, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 190431074
Nyholmiella obtusifolia, photographed by Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas
fig. c Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 180237220
Nyholmiella obtusifolia, photographed by Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas
fig. d Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 178567353
Nyholmiella obtusifolia, photographed by Азат Кадиров
fig. e Азат Кадиров, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 170123833
Nyholmiella obtusifolia, photographed by Christian Berg
fig. f Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 126934927
Nyholmiella obtusifolia, photographed by Christian Berg
fig. g Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 126883627
Nyholmiella obtusifolia, photographed by Christian Berg
fig. h Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 125988776

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Also published as 8 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.

  • Dorcadion obtusifolium (Brid.) Lindb.
  • Nyholmiella furcata (Otnyukova) Otnyukova
  • Orthotrichum furcatum Otnyukova
  • Orthotrichum inflexum Müll.Hal.
  • Orthotrichum obtusifolium Brid.
  • Orthotrichum obtusifolium f. minus Röll
  • Orthotrichum obtusum Röhl.
  • Stroemia obtusifolia (Brid.) I.Hagen

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. USDA PLANTS Database. common name, checklist symbol OROB70. public domain. 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.