Coastal Hook Moss

Sanionia orthothecioides

(Lindb.) Loeske Species

Sanionia orthothecioides
Perry Gunnar Larsen — CC BY 4.0
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Botanical name
Sanionia orthothecioides
Also known as
Coastal Hook Moss, St Kilda Hook-Moss
Family
Scorpidiaceae
Genus
Sanionia
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Coastal Hook Moss

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Sanionia orthothecioides but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Amblystegium aduncum subsp. orthothecioides Amblystegium aduncum var. majus Amblystegium orthothecioides Amblystegium uncinatum var. orthothecioides Drepanocladus aduncus var. alpinus Drepanocladus aduncus var. subsimplex Drepanocladus orthothecioides Drepanocladus uncinatus f. alpinus Drepanocladus uncinatus f. foeneus Drepanocladus uncinatus f. subsimplex Drepanocladus uncinatus subsp. orthothecioides Drepanocladus uncinatus var. alpinus Drepanocladus uncinatus var. foeneus Drepanocladus uncinatus var. major Drepanocladus uncinatus var. orthothecioides Drepanocladus uncinatus var. subsimplex Harpidium uncinatum var. orthothecioides Harpidium uncinatum var. suborthothecioides Hypnum orthothecioides Hypnum orthothecioides var. suborthothecioides Hypnum uncinatum f. alpinum Hypnum uncinatum subsp. orthothecioides Hypnum uncinatum subsp. orthothecioides Hypnum uncinatum var. alpinum Hypnum uncinatum var. foeneum Hypnum uncinatum var. majus Hypnum uncinatum var. majus

Others in Sanionia

Sanionia symmetrica
Sanionia nivalis
Sanionia georgicouncinata
Sanionia uncinata
Sickle Moss

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