Flora of North America species comparison

leaves erect-spreading to loosely erect, ± contorted when dry, lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 2.5–6.5 mm;

margins plane, entire;

apex narrowly acute to acuminate;

basal laminal cells narrowly elongate, walls thick, ± nodose;

distal cells 7–14 µm, 1-stratose, papillae 1–3 per cell, conic, large.

leaves erect when dry, lanceolate, 2–3.2(–3.5) mm;

margins recurved on one side in proximal 2/3, plane or slightly recurved in proximal 1/4 on other side, entire or papillose-crenulate;

apex acute;

basal laminal cells rectangular to almost quadrate, walls thin, usually not nodose;

distal cells (7–)11–14(–16) µm, 1-stratose, papillae 2–4 per cell, simple to 2-fid, large.

0.8–2.7 mm.

0.4–0.6 mm.

dioicous.

gonioautoicous or cladautoicous.

immersed, emergent, or rarely exserted, oblong-cylindric, 1.7–3 mm, strongly 8-ribbed to mid capsule or entire length;

stomata superficial;

peristome double;

prostome absent;

exostome teeth 16, reflexed-recurved, acuminate, densely papillose;

endostome segments 16, well developed, usually present when capsule is old and dry, thick, stout, of 2 rows of cells, narrower than exostome teeth, yellowish brown, coarsely papillose.

2/3 emergent to short-exserted, cylindric, 2–2.3 mm, narrowly 8-ribbed entire length, constricted below mouth when dry;

stomata immersed;

peristome double;

prostome present, rudimentary;

exostome teeth 16, erect when mature, reflexed when old, irregularly papillose-striate;

endostome segments 16, well developed, of 1 row of cells, filiform, papillose.

conic-oblong, smooth, very hairy, hairs papillose.

conic-oblong, smooth, sparsely hairy, hairs smooth.

18–35 µm.

16–18(–19) µm.

asexual reproduction by gemmae on leaves.

asexual reproduction absent.