Alpine Comb-Moss

Pseudostereodon procerrimus

(Molendo) M.Fleisch. Species

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Botanical name
Pseudostereodon procerrimus
Also known as
Alpine Comb-Moss
Family
Pylaisiaceae
Genus
Pseudostereodon
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Alpine Comb-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 Pseudostereodon procerrimus but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Ctenidium procerrimum Drepanium procerrimum Hypnum petraeum Hypnum procerrimum Pseudostereodon procerrimus f. erectus Stereodon procerrimus Stereodon procerrimus f. erectus

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