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NZ Plants
Rhynchostegium laxatum
Family: Brachytheciaceae
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Plants growing on the motar of a stone wall
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Shoots
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Shoot
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Leaves
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Detached leaf
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Leaf margin and leaf vein
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Sporophyte, stalk (seta) and capsule
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Perichaetial bracts at base of seta
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Capsule with operculum lid
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Mature capsule, operculum shed exposing peristome teeth
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Peristome teeth
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Rhynchostegium laxatum is a medium-sized, slender moss with irregular pinnately-arranged branches. Leaves are about 1 mm in length and vary from ovate to triangular-ovate in shape and gradually narrow to an acuminate tip with a finely-toothed margin. Stem leaves are evenly arranged while branch leaves may be somewhat flattened. The seta (stalk) is smooth and the capsule lid (operculum) has a long beak.
Widespread in New Zealand on stems of trees and shrubs, dead wood and occasionally on stone walls and the ground.
