⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.
This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record tro-35125240, with some changes.
This name is a synonym of Polytrichastrum alpinum var. septentrionale .
The record derives from Tropicos which reports it as a synonym (record 35125240
) with original publication details: Not. Sällsk. Fauna Fl. Fenn. Förh. 9: 131 131 1868.