Syntrichia laevipilaBrid.

small hairy screw-mosstortula moss

WFO wfo-0001191340 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Syntrichia laevipila, photographed by Michel Langeveld
fig. a Michel Langeveld, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-11-14 / obs. 168820688
Syntrichia laevipila, photographed by Randal
fig. b Randal, CC0 1.0 / obs. 114657798
Syntrichia laevipila, photographed by Zihao Wang
fig. c Zihao Wang, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 108126320
Syntrichia laevipila, photographed by Randal
fig. d Randal, CC0 1.0 / obs. 104242749
Syntrichia laevipila, photographed by George Greiff
fig. e George Greiff, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 65593889
Syntrichia laevipila, photographed by George Greiff
fig. f George Greiff, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 28114567
Syntrichia laevipila, photographed by George Greiff
fig. g George Greiff, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 45061476
Syntrichia laevipila, photographed by Millie Basden
fig. h Millie Basden, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 3163690

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Also published as 21 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.

  • Barbula laevipila (Brid.) Garov.
  • Barbula laevipila var. laevipiliformis (De Not.) Husn.
  • Barbula laevipila var. marginata (Lindb.) Bott.
  • Barbula laevipila var. meridionalis Schimp.
  • Barbula laevipila var. populina Brockm.
  • Barbula laevipiliformis (De Not.) Geh.
  • Barbula pilosa Bruch ex Venturi
  • Syntrichia laevipila var. laevipiliformis (De Not.) J.J.Amann
  • Syntrichia laevipila var. meridionalis (Schimp.) Jur.
  • Syntrichia laevipiliformis (De Not.) J.J.Amann
  • Syntrichia ruralis var. laevipila (Brid.) Spreng.
  • Tortula laevipila (Brid.) Schwägr.
  • Tortula laevipila subsp. laevipiliformis (De Not.) Giacom.
  • Tortula laevipila var. gemmifera Squivet
  • Tortula laevipila var. laevipila
  • Tortula laevipila var. laevipiliformis (De Not.) Limpr.
  • Tortula laevipila var. marginata Lindb.
  • Tortula laevipila var. meridionalis (Schimp.) Wijk & Margad.
  • Tortula laevipiliformis De Not.
  • Tortula pilosa (Bruch ex Venturi) Venturi
  • Tortula ruralis var. laevipila (Brid.) Hook. & Grev.

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.