Andreaea nitida
Alpine Rock-Moss
Andreaea hookeri
Schimp. Species
Looking for an openly licensed photograph…
- Botanical name
- Andreaea hookeri
- Also known as
- Alpine Rock-Moss
- Family
- Andreaeaceae
- Genus
- Andreaea
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Alpine Rock-Moss
We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.
GardenDecoded's botanical data covers every accepted species, but growing advice is written by hand rather than imported — so it exists only for the plants we have worked through so far. The botanical detail above is complete and sourced.
Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Andreaea hookeri but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Andreaea alpina f. compacta
Andreaea alpina f. flavicans
Andreaea alpina var. compacta
Andreaea alpina var. flavicans
Andreaea brevifolia
Andreaea dillenii
Andreaea lanceolata
Andreaea loricata
Andreaea montana
Andreaea naumannii
Andreaea parallela var. brevifolia
Andreaea pseudoalpina
Andreaea squamata
Others in Andreaea
GardenDecoded is an educational gardening reference. Botanical data comes from World Flora Online and GBIF; growing guidance is our own. Always check a plant's toxicity and local invasiveness status before planting, and never eat or apply a plant based on this site alone.