Plate 1 figs. a–f · 1 observation
This species has been photographed under an open licence only 1 time, 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.
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.
Where it actually grows measured, from 33 observations
| Condition | 5th percentile | Median | 95th percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coldest month, mean daily low | -4.3 °C | -1.8 °C | 1.4 °C |
| Warmest month, mean daily high | 18.4 °C | 23.5 °C | 26.3 °C |
| Annual rainfall | 566 mm | 725 mm | 1,222 mm |
| Rainfall in the driest quarter | 94 mm | 146 mm | 256 mm |
It is found where winters bring light frost. This is not care advice and it is not a forecast. It is a measurement: we sampled the climate at every one of the 33 research-grade observations of Tortula lindbergii that carry a coordinate, and this is the range those places actually span. The 5th and 95th percentiles are used rather than the minimum and maximum, because a single cultivated specimen in a heated conservatory should not widen a tropical plant's range to the Arctic.
This is not a hardiness zone. A USDA zone is the average annual extreme minimum temperature. The figure above is the mean daily minimum of the coldest month, which is a different quantity and is typically far warmer. Reading one as the other would place a plant several zones too warm, so we do not publish a hardiness zone, because we do not have one.
Also published as 60 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.
- Anacalypta lanceolata (Hedw.) Nees & Hornsch.
- Anacalypta lanceolata var. aciphylla (Wahlenb.) Nees & Hornsch.
- Anacalypta lanceolata var. connata (Brid.) Nees & Hornsch.
- Barbula lindbergii (Kindb. ex Broth.) Müll.Hal.
- Bryum lanceolatum (Hedw.) Dicks.
- Coscinodon aciphyllus (Wahlenb.) Brid.
- Coscinodon connatus Brid.
- Coscinodon lanceolatus (Hedw.) Brid.
- Dermatodon lanceolatus (Hedw.) Huebener
- Dermatodon lanceolatus var. aciphyllus (Wahlenb.) Huebener
- Desmatodon gracilis Anzi
- Desmatodon lanceolatus (Hedw.) De Not.
- Didymodon lanceolatus (Hedw.) Bals.-Criv. & De Not.
- Encalypta lanceolata Hedw.
- Encalypta lanceolata var. aciphylla (Wahlenb.) Schleich.
- Encalypta lanceolata var. rigidior Schwägr.
- Grimmia aciphylla (Wahlenb.) F.Weber & D.Mohr
- Grimmia lanceolata (Hedw.) F.Weber & D.Mohr
- Grimmia lanceolata var. aciphylla (Wahlenb.) Kaulf.
- Leersia lanceolata (Hedw.) Brid.
- Pottia lanceolata (Hedw.) Müll.Hal.
- Pottia lanceolata f. breviseta (Röll) Podp.
- Pottia lanceolata f. conica Röll
- Pottia lanceolata f. major Röll
and 36 more.
Sourcesevery claim on this page
- World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
- iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
- USDA PLANTS Database. common name, checklist symbol POLA16. public domain. 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.