Sphagnum fallax(H.Klinggr.) H.Klinggr.

flat-topped bog-mosssphagnum

WFO wfo-0001185789 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Sphagnum fallax, photographed by Katrin Simon
fig. a Katrin Simon, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-01-30 / obs. 177692165
Sphagnum fallax, photographed by Andrew Melton
fig. b Andrew Melton, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 168125857
Sphagnum fallax, photographed by Steven Lamonde
fig. c Steven Lamonde, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 158201272
Sphagnum fallax, photographed by Andrew Melton
fig. d Andrew Melton, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 105184398
Sphagnum fallax, photographed by Andre Hosper
fig. e Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 90102750
Sphagnum fallax, photographed by George Greiff
fig. f George Greiff, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 58068958
Sphagnum fallax, photographed by Grzegorz Grzejszczak
fig. g Grzegorz Grzejszczak, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 50945391
Sphagnum fallax, photographed by Andrew Melton
fig. h Andrew Melton, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 48999336

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Also published as 96 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.

  • Sphagnum amblyphyllum var. brevifolium (Lindb. ex Braithw.) H.Schmidt
  • Sphagnum apiculatum H.Lindb.
  • Sphagnum apiculatum var. fallax (H.Klinggr.) C.E.O.Jensen
  • Sphagnum apiculatum var. fuscescens (C.E.O.Jensen) C.E.O.Jensen
  • Sphagnum apiculatum var. pallescens (C.E.O.Jensen) C.E.O.Jensen
  • Sphagnum apiculatum var. viride C.E.O.Jensen
  • Sphagnum brevifolium (Lindb. ex Braithw.) Röll
  • Sphagnum brevifolium var. brachycladum Röll
  • Sphagnum brevifolium var. capitatum (Grav. ex Warnst.) Röll
  • Sphagnum brevifolium var. densum Röll ex Bott.
  • Sphagnum brevifolium var. fibrosum (Schlieph.) Röll
  • Sphagnum brevifolium var. flagellare Röll
  • Sphagnum brevifolium var. fragile Röll
  • Sphagnum brevifolium var. humile (Schlieph. & Röll) Röll
  • Sphagnum brevifolium var. immersum Röll
  • Sphagnum brevifolium var. laxum (Schlieph. ex Röll) Röll
  • Sphagnum brevifolium var. macrophyllum Röll
  • Sphagnum brevifolium var. molle Röll
  • Sphagnum brevifolium var. patulum Röll
  • Sphagnum brevifolium var. robustum Röll
  • Sphagnum brevifolium var. squarrosulum Röll
  • Sphagnum brevifolium var. strictiforme (Röll) Röll
  • Sphagnum brevifolium var. subfibrosum (Röll) Röll
  • Sphagnum brevifolium var. submersum Röll

and 72 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.