Leucobryum letestui
Pincushion Moss
Leucobryum glaucum
(Hedw.) Ångstr. Species
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- Botanical name
- Leucobryum glaucum
- Also known as
- Large White-Moss, Pincushion Moss, White Pincushion Moss
- Family
- Leucobryaceae
- Genus
- Leucobryum
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Pincushion Moss
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Leucobryum glaucum but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Bryum glaucum
Dicranodon glaucum
Dicranum glaucum
Glaucodipsis frigida
Leucobryum glaucum f. gracile
Leucobryum glaucum f. orthophyllum
Leucobryum glaucum f. subfalcatum
Leucobryum glaucum var. orthophyllum
Leucobryum glaucum var. subfalcatum
Leucobryum glaucum var. subsecundum
Leucobryum vulgare
Mnium glaucum
Oncophorus glaucus
Weissia glauca
Others in Leucobryum
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