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NZ Plants
Daltonia splachnoides
Family Daltoniaceae
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Shoot
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Detached leaf
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Young capsule with calyptra covering at tip of sporophyte seta (stalk).
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Calyptra removed to expose the operculum lid
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Maturing capsule with operculum
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Base of sporophyte with perichaetial bracts
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Daltonia splachnoides is a small plant up to 1 cm tall, tufted on small branches or twigs. Stems are simple or branched and with a dense felt of rhizoids (tomentum). Leaves are spirally arranged, linear-lanceolat and recurved with smooth (entire) margins and a conspicuous border of linear cells. The capsule covering (calyptra) is conical (mitrate) with a fringed base. When capsules are mature they are held erect.
Widespread in New Zealand in moist, forested areas.
