What is the birth flower of Aquarius? This article gives you a detailed introduction

The plant body of the common haircap moss is sturdy, dark green to greenish-brown, with stems 10-25cm tall, single or sparsely branched. The leaves are spreading, curled when dry and spreading when wet. The upper part of the leaf is rather pointed, the base is sheath-like, and both the midrib above the sheath and the back of the leaf bear spines. It is dioecious. The male plants are slightly shorter, with male organs at the tip resembling flower buds; the female plants are taller, with terminal spore capsules, the seta 10cm long and reddish-brown, and the perichaetial leaves long and narrow, with the midrib reaching the tip. The capsule is four-angled and rectangular; the calyptra covers the whole capsule; the operculum is flat with a short beak; the peristome is single-layered; the spores are small, round, yellow and smooth. February 8 birthday flower.

Common haircap moss

An evergreen small herb, 10-30cm tall, mostly growing in dense patches, the stem unbranched, dark green in the upper part, densely covered with rhizoids in the lower part, turning brownish-red or dark red when old. The upper leaves are densely arranged in a spiral, while the lower leaves gradually become smaller and sparser; the leaves are long lanceolate, abruptly tapering to a spiny tip, with finely serrate margins. It is dioecious; the male plants are slightly shorter, with male organs at the tip resembling flower buds, and new shoots often grow from the center; the female plants are taller, with terminal four-angled prism-shaped spore capsules, the seta up to 10cm long, and the capsule reddish-brown. When young it is upright, and when old it often becomes curved and drooping; the outside of the capsule is covered by a membranous calyptra, brownish-yellow, and the spores are small, spherical, yellow and smooth.

Common haircap moss

Flower language: relief

The common haircap moss is the flower commemorating Saint Eumarius, who founded the Order of the Holy Trinity. Its main mission was to buy back Christians captured by Muslims during the Crusades, which was the so-called relief order. Therefore its flower language is - relief.

People born under the blessing of this flower are full of universal love and kind-hearted. They are very proactive and enterprising in love, one could say wholeheartedly, immersing even their soul in it.

Common haircap moss

Commemoration:

Flower of Saint Eumarius, a 12th-century French saint

Since ancient times, Christianity has had the custom of linking saints with specific flowers, following the practice of the church adorning altars with blooming flowers when commemorating saints! In medieval Catholic monasteries, various flowers were even planted like in a gardening center, and over time the church combined the 366 days' saints with different flowers respectively, forming the so-called flower calendar. At that time most monasteries were located in Southern Europe, and Southern Europe has a Mediterranean climate, extremely suitable for growing flowers and plants. The common haircap moss was chosen as the flower to honor Saint Eumarius. Saint Eumarius was a 12th-century French saint and also the founder of the Order of the Holy Trinity. The mission of this order was to rescue Christians captured by Muslims during the Crusades.

Aquarius, born in winter, has an inner heart as cold as the winter cold, and is a mystic. They like all novel things. People born under the blessing of this flower are full of universal love and kind-hearted. They are very proactive and enterprising in love, one could say wholeheartedly, immersing even their soul in it.