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NZ Plants
Triquetrella papillata
Family: Pottiaceae
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Fresh plants
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Shoot
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Leaves
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Leaf papillae
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Dry shoot
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Dry leaves
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Triquetrella papillata has sprawling and irregularly branched shoots with red stems and is the only moss in New Zealand to have leaves arranged in three similar rows. The leaves have a prominent nerve (vein) and are covered with papillae (small protrusions).
Found throughout New Zealand in exposed surfaces such as sandy soil and grassland.
