Sphagnum molleSull.

sphagnum

WFO wfo-0001189856 Accepted WFO 2026-06 5 photographs CC0

Plate 1 figs. a–e · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 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.

Sphagnum molle, photographed by Daniel Estabrooks
fig. a Daniel Estabrooks, CC0 1.0 / 2022-02-09 / obs. 179043400
Sphagnum molle, photographed by Austin Pursley
fig. b Austin Pursley, CC0 1.0 / obs. 113069654
Sphagnum molle, photographed by Austin Pursley
fig. c Austin Pursley, CC0 1.0 / obs. 113069878
Sphagnum molle, photographed by Austin Pursley
fig. d Austin Pursley, CC0 1.0 / obs. 113069894
Sphagnum molle, photographed by Daniel Estabrooks
fig. e Daniel Estabrooks, CC0 1.0 / obs. 179043395

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.

Also published as 17 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 compactum var. ramulosum Müll.Hal.
  • Sphagnum labradorense Warnst.
  • Sphagnum molle f. heterophyllum Warnst.
  • Sphagnum molle f. pulchellum (Limpr. ex Warnst.) Cardot
  • Sphagnum molle f. squarrosulum (Grav. ex C.E.O.Jensen) Cardot
  • Sphagnum molle subf. pulchellum (Limpr. ex Warnst.) Warnst.
  • Sphagnum molle subf. squarrosulum (Grav. ex C.E.O.Jensen) Warnst.
  • Sphagnum molle var. compactum Grav. ex Warnst.
  • Sphagnum molle var. limbatum Warnst.
  • Sphagnum molle var. molluscoides (Müll.Hal.) Husn.
  • Sphagnum molle var. muelleri (Schimp.) Braithw.
  • Sphagnum molle var. pulchellum Limpr. ex Warnst.
  • Sphagnum molle var. squarrosulum Grav. ex C.E.O.Jensen
  • Sphagnum molluscoides Müll.Hal.
  • Sphagnum muelleri Schimp.
  • Sphagnum tabulare Sull.
  • Sphagnum tabulare var. molluscoides (Müll.Hal.) Pilous

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.