English: Antifever fontinalis moss; Greater water-moss; Common water moss; Common swelling moss.
German: Gewöhnliche Quellmoos; Wassermoos.
Name: Fons = source, antipyretica = against fever.
Clades: Fontinaliaceae,
Brachytheciales,
Bryidae,
Bryophyta,
Plants.
Region: Europe, Asia, North America, Africa.
Habitat: underwater, in slowly flowing freshwater, more rarely in stagnant waters; clean, nutrient-poor, oligotrophic streams, larger lakes; up to depth of up to 18 meters.
Use: medicinal.
BotanyUnderwater mosses; up to 30 cm long; forming dark-green flooding lawns.