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NZ Plants
Weymouthia mollis
Family Lembophyllaceae
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Plants
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Shoot
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Leaves
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Sporophytes
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Perichaetial bracts enclosing an emerging sporophyte
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Mature sporophyte with basal perichaetial bracts, seta (stalk) and terminal capsule
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Capsule with outer and inner peristome teeth
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Weymouthia mollis is a pendant moss with pale green stems that are more slender than those of W. coclearifolia being about 1.5 mm wide and have a softer texture. The leaf is about three times as long as wide.
Widespread in New Zealand commonly found hanging from branches of trees and shrubs in moist forest.
