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NZ Plants
Ditrichum difficile
Family: Ditrichaceae
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Plants on cliff face
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Plant
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Shoot
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Leaf bases
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Detached dry leaf
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Developing capsule with calyptra cover
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Developing capsule, calyptra removed to expose the operculum lid
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Maturing capsule, operculum lid
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Mature capsule, operculum shed to expose peristome
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Mature capsule, peristome detail
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Ditrichum difficile is a small tufted plant with long yellowish-brown to pale green and narrow leaves. The sheathing leaf bases overlap with one another and each leaf gradually narrows to become slender and grass-like. Leaves are scarcely altered when dry. Capsules have a distinctive shape, tapering at both ends, are slightly curved and flattened with age.
Widespread in New Zealand on soil banks.
