Fontinalis antipyretica var. rotundifolia
New England Water Moss
Fontinalis novae-angliae
Sull. Species
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- Botanical name
- Fontinalis novae-angliae
- Also known as
- New England Fontinalis Moss, New England Water Moss
- Family
- Fontinalaceae
- Genus
- Fontinalis
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow New England Water Moss
We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Fontinalis novae-angliae but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Fontinalis delamarei
Fontinalis involuta
Fontinalis lescurii
Fontinalis lescurii var. cymbifolia
Fontinalis lorenziae
Fontinalis novae-angliae subsp. involuta
Fontinalis novae-angliae var. cymbifolia
Fontinalis novae-angliae var. delamarei
Fontinalis novae-angliae var. involuta
Fontinalis novae-angliae var. lorenziae
Fontinalis novae-angliae var. novae-angliae
Fontinalis novae-angliae var. waghornei
Fontinalis squamosa subsp. delamarei
Fontinalis waghornei
Others in Fontinalis
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