Cushions, olive-green. Stems 4–7 mm long, brown, Leaves erect-spreading when moist, strongly cork-screwed when dry, narrowly lanceolate, 1.2–3 mm long, 0.2–0.5 mm wide, strongly carinate; apex acute; costa strong, at least 1/3 leaf width at base, subpercurrent to percurrent; margin entire, recurved around midleaf, without a distinct border; lamina cells in apical half quadrate to shortly rectangular, 6–16 μm long 7–13 μm wide, smooth or with linear striations, bistratose in parts, abruptly transitioning to basal laminal cells; basal laminal cells quadrate to rectangular, 12–70 μm long, 10–13 μm wide, smooth, extending further up costa to c. 1/5 of leaf length. Perichaetial leaves similar to vegetative leaves. Seta 6–13 mm long, yellow or red-brown, smooth, slightly twisted anticlockwise. Capsule erect, ovoid, ellipsoid or cylindric, 0.7–1.7 mm long, straight, yellow-brown to brown. Operculum rostrate from conic base, 0.6–0.8 mm long.
VVP, Gold, CVU, GGr, DunT, EGL, WPro, HSF, VAlp. Recorded along and south of the Great Dividing Range, usually in exposed rocky areas near peaks, escarpments or gorges. Also Tas.
