Plate 1 figs. a–h · 7 observations
This species has been photographed under an open licence only 7 times, 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.
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.
Where it actually grows measured, from 92 observations
| Condition | 5th percentile | Median | 95th percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coldest month, mean daily low | -7.9 °C | -1.6 °C | 2.8 °C |
| Warmest month, mean daily high | 15.7 °C | 21.6 °C | 26.1 °C |
| Annual rainfall | 575 mm | 861 mm | 2,439 mm |
| Rainfall in the driest quarter | 88 mm | 156 mm | 375 mm |
It is found where winters bring hard frost. This is not care advice and it is not a forecast. It is a measurement: we sampled the climate at every one of the 92 research-grade observations of Orthotrichum cupulatum that carry a coordinate, and this is the range those places actually span. The 5th and 95th percentiles are used rather than the minimum and maximum, because a single cultivated specimen in a heated conservatory should not widen a tropical plant's range to the Arctic.
This is not a hardiness zone. A USDA zone is the average annual extreme minimum temperature. The figure above is the mean daily minimum of the coldest month, which is a different quantity and is typically far warmer. Reading one as the other would place a plant several zones too warm, so we do not publish a hardiness zone, because we do not have one.
Also published as 91 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.
- Brachytrichum cupulatum (Hoffm. ex Brid.) Röhl.
- Brachytrichum subulatum Röhl. ex Wijk, Margad. & Florsch.
- Bryum sessile With.
- Dorcadion cupulatum (Hoffm. ex Brid.) Lindb.
- Orthotrichum abbreviatum Grönvall
- Orthotrichum anomalum subsp. nudum (Dicks.) J.J.Amann
- Orthotrichum anomalum var. cryptopodium Huebener
- Orthotrichum anomalum var. cupulatum (Hoffm. ex Brid.) Wahlenb.
- Orthotrichum anomalum var. floerkeanum Hampe
- Orthotrichum austrocupulatum Dixon & Sainsbury
- Orthotrichum baldaccii Bott. & Venturi
- Orthotrichum calcareum R.Br.bis
- Orthotrichum calcareum (Venturi) Venturi
- Orthotrichum commutatum Bruch
- Orthotrichum confertum Bruch
- Orthotrichum cupulatum f. calvum (Latzel) Podp.
- Orthotrichum cupulatum f. fenestratum (Herzog) Podp.
- Orthotrichum cupulatum f. fenestratum (Velen.) Laz.
- Orthotrichum cupulatum f. longifolium (Limpr.) Podp.
- Orthotrichum cupulatum f. macrocarpum (Warnst.) Podp.
- Orthotrichum cupulatum f. mucronatum (Venturi) Podp.
- Orthotrichum cupulatum f. norvegicum (I.Hagen) Podp.
- Orthotrichum cupulatum f. octostriatum (Limpr.) Podp.
- Orthotrichum cupulatum f. rudolphianum Podp.
and 67 more.
Sourcesevery claim on this page
- World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
- iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
- 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.