Tillandsia recurvata(L.) L.

ballmoss

WFO wfo-0000583812 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h

Tillandsia recurvata, photographed by Kevin Faccenda
fig. a Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-03 / obs. 204065248
Tillandsia recurvata, photographed by Diana Fuentes
fig. b Diana Fuentes, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 202600573
Tillandsia recurvata, photographed by ALLIE BORGMEYER
fig. c ALLIE BORGMEYER, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203314088
Tillandsia recurvata, photographed by David Garza
fig. d David Garza, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 199726838
Tillandsia recurvata, photographed by Reid Hardin
fig. e Reid Hardin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 200857554
Tillandsia recurvata, photographed by Eduardo Luis Beltrocco
fig. f Eduardo Luis Beltrocco, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201872105
Tillandsia recurvata, photographed by Comisión Estatal de Biodiversidad del Estado de Hidalgo
fig. g Comisión Estatal de Biodiversidad del Estado de Hidalgo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 199209470
Tillandsia recurvata, photographed by Leila Dasher
fig. h Leila Dasher, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 197506863

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Flowering n = 372 observations

Peak flowering in Apr, from 372 community-annotated observations worldwide. This is a global aggregate, not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres, and citizen-science records cluster near cities, at weekends, and in spring. Where a species has fewer than 30 annotated records we do not draw this chart at all.

Also published as 29 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.

  • Diaphoranthema recurvata (L.) Beer
  • Diaphoranthema uniflora (Kunth) Beer
  • Phytarrhiza ciliata É.Morren
  • Renealmia recurvata L.
  • Tillandsia monostachya W.Bartram
  • Tillandsia monostachys Gillies ex Baker
  • Tillandsia pauciflora Griseb. ex Mez
  • Tillandsia pauciflora Sessé & Moc.
  • Tillandsia recurvata f. argentea André
  • Tillandsia recurvata f. brevifolia André
  • Tillandsia recurvata f. caespitosa André
  • Tillandsia recurvata f. contorta André
  • Tillandsia recurvata f. elongata André
  • Tillandsia recurvata f. genuina André
  • Tillandsia recurvata f. major André
  • Tillandsia recurvata f. minor André
  • Tillandsia recurvata f. minuta (Mez) A.Cast.
  • Tillandsia recurvata var. argentea André
  • Tillandsia recurvata var. brevifolia André
  • Tillandsia recurvata var. caespitosa André
  • Tillandsia recurvata var. ciliata Mez
  • Tillandsia recurvata var. contorta (André) André ex Mez
  • Tillandsia recurvata var. contorta André
  • Tillandsia recurvata var. elongata André

and 5 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.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice, no toxicity claim and no native range, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.