Bromeliaceae
Small ballmoss
Tillandsia recurvata
- Family
- Bromeliaceae
- Genus
- Tillandsia
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Common names
By language (4)
- English
- Small ballmoss, Ball moss
- Korean
- 공이끼틸란드시아
- pap
- Barba di palu
- Swedish
- Bågtillandsia
Synonyms
- Diaphoranthema recurvata (L.) Beer
- Diaphoranthema uniflora (Kunth) Beer
- Phytarrhiza ciliata É.Morren
- Renealmia recurvata L.
- Tillandsia monostachya W.Bartram
- Tillandsia monostachys Gillies ex Baker
- Tillandsia pauciflora Sessé & Moc.
- Tillandsia pauciflora Griseb. ex Mez
- Tillandsia recurvata f. argentea André
- Tillandsia recurvata f. brevifolia André
- Tillandsia recurvata f. caespitosa André
- Tillandsia recurvata f. contorta André
- Tillandsia recurvata f. elongata André
- Tillandsia recurvata f. genuina André
- Tillandsia recurvata f. major André
- Tillandsia recurvata f. minor André
- Tillandsia recurvata f. minuta (Mez) A.Cast.
- Tillandsia recurvata var. argentea André
- Tillandsia recurvata var. brevifolia André
- Tillandsia recurvata var. caespitosa André
- Tillandsia recurvata var. ciliata Mez
- Tillandsia recurvata var. contorta André
- Tillandsia recurvata var. contorta (André) André ex Mez
- Tillandsia recurvata var. elongata André
- Tillandsia recurvata var. genuina André
- Tillandsia recurvata var. major André
- Tillandsia recurvata var. minor André
- Tillandsia recurvata var. minuta Mez
- Tillandsia uniflora Kunth
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Navassa Island: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Kohlnf, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, 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.