Dioicous. Asexual propagules absent. Dense tufts, green. Stems branched by innovation, to 16 cm tall, red, tomentose toward base. Rhizoids red. Leaves erect-spreading when moist, erect-spreading, curled and crispate when dry, mostly ovate, rarely oblong to oblong-spathulate, 5–9 mm long, 1–2 mm wide, concave; apex acute; costa excurrent as a short stout arista; arista denticulate; margin dentate near apex, reflexed toward base, with 1–2 rows of more elongate cells forming a moderately distinct border; laminal cells in apical half rhomboidal, to 80 μm long; basal laminal cells rectangular. Seta 20–30 mm long, brown. Capsule clavate, 5–7 mm long, curved.
WPro, HSF, HFE, VAlp. Wet sclerophyll forest, rainforest, or beside rocky streams along and south of the Great Dividing Range east of Melbourne. Also SA, QLD, NSW and Tas. India.
