Selected material studied: Alhama de Murcia, Gebas, 420m, 26-IV-2009, Cano 4935 (MUB 29475).
Open soils, talus and accumulated soil between rocks.
Previous records: Casas (1973) sub Trichostomum caespitosum and T. triumphans var. pallidisetum; Ros & Llimona (1984) sub T. triumphans var. pallidisetum; Ros & Guerra (1987) sub Pottia caespitosa and T. triumphans var. pallidisetum; Cano et al. (2004) sub Pottiopsis caespitosa and T .triumphans.