Stegonia hyalinotricha
Bull. Buffalo Soc. Nat. Sci. 32: 195. 1993,.
Basionym: Phascum hyalinotrichum Cardot & Thériot Bot. Gaz. 37: 363, plate 16, fig. 1. 1904
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 27. Treatment on page 605.
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Seta 0.07–0.1 mm. Capsule cleistocarpous, immersed, ovate-apiculate, ca. 0.7 mm.
Phenology: Capsules mature in spring.
Habitat: Soil, trailside, dirt road, Atriplex scrubland
Elevation: low to moderate elevations (50-600 m)
Distribution
Calif., Mexico (Baja California Sur, Zacatecas).
Discussion
Stegonia hyalinotricha has the whitish leaves of Bryum argenteum and may be mistaken for that common weed, but the capsules are immersed and indehiscent. It was treated as Phascum hyalinotrichum by R. H. Zander (1994r). In this species, the abaxial walls of laminal cells are not differentially thickened.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.