Sphagnum palustreL.

Prairie sphagnum mossblunt-leaved bog-mossprairie sphagnum

WFO wfo-0001189927 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Sphagnum palustre, photographed by Randal
fig. a Randal, CC0 1.0 / 2022-05-16 / obs. 198292713
Sphagnum palustre, photographed by Violet T.
fig. b Violet T., CC BY 4.0 / obs. 199835730
Sphagnum palustre, photographed by Christian Berg
fig. c Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 194832550
Sphagnum palustre, photographed by Violet T.
fig. d Violet T., CC BY 4.0 / obs. 191199952
Sphagnum palustre, photographed by Violet T.
fig. e Violet T., CC BY 4.0 / obs. 183574811
Sphagnum palustre, photographed by Violet T.
fig. f Violet T., CC BY 4.0 / obs. 180395283
Sphagnum palustre, photographed by Katrin Simon
fig. g Katrin Simon, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 177691122
Sphagnum palustre, photographed by James Clow
fig. h James Clow, CC0 1.0 / obs. 176768708

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Also published as 187 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.

  • Gymnostomum obtusifolium (Ehrh. ex Hoffm.) Rebent.
  • Sphagnum antarcticum var. lonchocladum (Müll.Hal.) Warnst.
  • Sphagnum assamicum Müll.Hal.
  • Sphagnum cymbifolioides Breutel
  • Sphagnum cymbifolium Hedw.
  • Sphagnum cymbifolium f. brachycladum Warnst.
  • Sphagnum cymbifolium f. confertum Wheldon
  • Sphagnum cymbifolium f. deflexum (Schlieph. ex Warnst.) Cardot
  • Sphagnum cymbifolium f. deflexum Grav. ex Warnst.
  • Sphagnum cymbifolium f. flagelliferum Wheldon
  • Sphagnum cymbifolium f. fuscescens Warnst.
  • Sphagnum cymbifolium f. globiceps Schlieph.
  • Sphagnum cymbifolium f. hampeanum Warnst.
  • Sphagnum cymbifolium f. immersum Grav. ex Warnst.
  • Sphagnum cymbifolium f. laxum (Röll) Warnst.
  • Sphagnum cymbifolium f. laxum Warnst.
  • Sphagnum cymbifolium f. macrocephalum (Cardot ex Bernet) Cardot
  • Sphagnum cymbifolium f. pycnocladum Grav. ex Warnst.
  • Sphagnum cymbifolium f. pycnocladum (Mart.) Cardot
  • Sphagnum cymbifolium f. repens Röll
  • Sphagnum cymbifolium f. rigidum Röll
  • Sphagnum cymbifolium f. squarrosulum (Nees & Hornsch.) Cardot
  • Sphagnum cymbifolium subf. immersum (Grav. ex Warnst.) Warnst.
  • Sphagnum cymbifolium subsp. vulgare (Michx.) Warnst.

and 163 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.