Asexual reproduction by gemmae in leaf axils of sterile stems. Dense tufts on soil or rock, silver-white. Stems branching by innovation, julaceous, 5–15 mm tall. Leaves imbricate when moist or dry, ovate-lanceolate, 0.5–1.5 mm long; apex acuminate; costa excurrent as a hairpoint; hairpoint silver, often weakly recurved; margin plane, without a border; laminal cells of apical half rhomboidal-hexagonal, 25–30 μm long, 6–8 μm wide, hyaline at least in apical 1/4; basal laminal cells predominantly quadrate. Seta 15–20 mm long. Capsules pendulous, ovate, to 2 mm long.
MuM, Wim, GleP, VVP, VRiv, GipP, OtP, Gold, CVU, GGr, NIS, HSF, VAlp. Widespread throughout the state on dry exposed track and roadsides and in woodland and among rocky outcrops. All states and territories. Cosmopolitan.
