Mayacaceae
Stream bogmoss
Mayaca fluviatilis
- Family
- Mayacaceae
- Genus
- Mayaca
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 花水藓, 南美花水藓, 古巴花水藓
- English
- Stream bogmoss
- Finnish
- Hapsuruoho
- Japanese
- マヤカ
Synonyms
- Biaslia vandellii Vand.
- Coletia madida Vell.
- Mayaca aubletii Michx.
- Mayaca aubletii var. wrightii (Griseb.) Horn
- Mayaca boliviana Rusby
- Mayaca brasilii Hoehne
- Mayaca caroliniana Gand.
- Mayaca fluviatilis f. fluviatilis
- Mayaca fluviatilis var. wrightii (Griseb.) M.Gómez
- Mayaca longipes Gand.
- Mayaca madida (Vell.) Stellfeld
- Mayaca michauxii Schott & Endl.
- Mayaca vandellii Schott & Endl.
- Mayaca wrightii Griseb.
- Syena aubleti (Michx.) Schott & Endl.
- Syena aubletii (Michx.) Schott & Endl.
- Syena fluviatilis (Aubl.) Willd.
- Syena mayaca J.F.Gmel.
- Syena nuttalliana Schult.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Brian Finzel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Andrés Ramírez-Barrera, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: João Medeiros, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: accidentalshrike, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Scott Ward, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: João Medeiros, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: LAR Lili, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Egleria, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Julian Maya, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: mfeaver, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.