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Jungle Thyme Moss

Mesochaete undulata

Jungle Thyme Moss
Photo: Poyt448, Peter Woodard, CC BY-SA 4.0

Mesochaete undulata is a small moss native to Australia and Lord Howe Island, usually found in damp spots on rocks or soil beside streams. Keep it consistently moist and shaded, as it is a wetland-type moss rather than a houseplant.

Family
Aulacomniaceae (Aulacomni family)
Light
Part shade, Shade
Water
Keep constantly damp; mist or water often so it never dries out.
Soil
Moist, humus-rich substrate or bark and rock surfaces kept wet.
Temperature
Cool to mild conditions; avoid prolonged heat above about 30 °C.
How easy
Hard

About

Mesochaete undulata is a moss found in Australia and Lord Howe Island. Usually seen in moist sites on rocks or soil beside streams. Plants may be large, up to 5 cm long. The stems are usually not branched, red at the base and yellowish green above. Leaves are large and spreading, rounded to blunt at the tips, 1.8 mm to 4.5 mm long. This plant first appeared in scientific literature in 1870, published in the Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society by the Swedish bryologist, Sextus Otto Lindberg.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Mesochaete undulata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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