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NZ Plants
Racopilum cuspidigerum var.convolutaceum
Family: Racopilaceae
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Shoot, upper surface with two rows of dorsal leaves
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Shoot, lower surface with two rows of lateral leaves
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Lateral leaves
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Immature capsule with calyptra covering
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Mature capsule with peristome teeth
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Racopilum cuspidigerum var. convolutaceum is a creeping moss that forms dense mats of branching stems. There are two rows of lateral leaves with near parallel sides and two rows of triangular dorsal leaves. The capsule stalk is slender and the calyptra covering is only faintly hairy. Formerly Racopilum convolutaceum.
Widespread in New Zealand in forest on rotting wood, bark, soil and rock.
