Monoicous. Loosely or closely gregarious. Stems c. 10 mm long, simple or occasionally branched. Leaves wide-spreading from upper part of sheathing leaf base, flexuose, gradually tapering to a linear subula from ovate to elliptic base, 2–4 (–5) mm long, channelled in subula; apices acute; costae excurrent, occupying most of subula width; margins entire or slightly denticulate at apices, erect or incurved in subula, without a border; cells of subula bistratose, quadrate to rectangular, 10–30 μm long, 3–7 μm wide, smooth; cells of base unistratose, rectangular to linear, 17–65 μm long, 3–17 μm wide, smooth. Setae 1–1.5 cm long, reddish-brown at base, becoming paler above. Capsules erect to suberect, ovoid, symmetric or slightly asymmetric, 1–2 mm long. Peristome of 16 entire teeth. Opercula conic, 0.5–1 mm long.
GipP, HNF, VAlp. Victorian Alps in embankments or margins or tracks or watercourses of the alpine and subalpine zones. Also NSW, ACT and Tas. New Zealand.
