Sphagnum inundatumRussow

water sphagnum

WFO wfo-0001185885 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Sphagnum inundatum, photographed by James Clow
fig. a James Clow, CC0 1.0 / 2021-05-10 / obs. 127977973
Sphagnum inundatum, photographed by Andrew Melton
fig. b Andrew Melton, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 53368667
Sphagnum inundatum, photographed by Katrin Simon
fig. c Katrin Simon, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 170583453
Sphagnum inundatum, photographed by James Clow
fig. d James Clow, CC0 1.0 / obs. 131676499
Sphagnum inundatum, photographed by rmjb
fig. e rmjb, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 101390633
Sphagnum inundatum, photographed by leighmus
fig. f leighmus, CC0 1.0 / obs. 106757668
Sphagnum inundatum, photographed by leighmus
fig. g leighmus, CC0 1.0 / obs. 104821426
Sphagnum inundatum, photographed by Helen Waterman
fig. h Helen Waterman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205425543

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Also published as 74 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 armoricum Warnst.
  • Sphagnum auriculatum var. inundatum (Russow) M.O.Hill
  • Sphagnum bakeri Warnst.
  • Sphagnum bakeri var. dubium Warnst.
  • Sphagnum bakeri var. perlaxum Warnst.
  • Sphagnum bavaricum Warnst.
  • Sphagnum bavaricum var. macrophyllum Warnst.
  • Sphagnum bavaricum var. mesophyllum Warnst.
  • Sphagnum bavaricum var. microphyllum Warnst.
  • Sphagnum contortum var. falcatum (Cardot) Röll
  • Sphagnum contortum var. patulum Röll
  • Sphagnum denticulatum var. inundatum (Russow) Kartt.
  • Sphagnum gravetii Russow
  • Sphagnum hercynicum Warnst.
  • Sphagnum hercynicum var. binsteadii Wheldon
  • Sphagnum inundatum f. brachycladum Warnst.
  • Sphagnum inundatum f. densum Warnst.
  • Sphagnum inundatum f. eurycladum Warnst.
  • Sphagnum inundatum f. jensenii (Warnst.) Warnst.
  • Sphagnum inundatum f. robustum Warnst.
  • Sphagnum inundatum var. ambiguum Röll
  • Sphagnum inundatum var. densum (Warnst.) Sherrin
  • Sphagnum inundatum var. diversifolium Warnst.
  • Sphagnum inundatum var. eurycladum (Warnst.) Sherrin

and 50 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.