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NZ Plants
Lembophyllum divulsum
Family: Lembophyllaceae
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Plants
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Shoot
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Mature shoot, leaves
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Growing shoot, leaves
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Sporophyte plant with stalk (seta) and capsule
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Young emerging sporophyte plants
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Mature capsule
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Peristome, side view
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Peristome from above
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Lembophyllum divulsum forms grey-green mats of creeping to ascending, rather stiff shoots which have a neat, rope-like form due to the close, overlapping leaves. Leaves are ovate and concave, up to 0.9 mm long and 0.9 mm wide and taper quickly to a blunt tip. The sporophyte stalk (seta) is 1-2 cm long, slender and reddish bearing an ovoid capsule.
Widespread in New Zealand on bark, roots and rocks usually in forest.
