Leaves ovate-lanceolate to short-subulate from an ovate or obovate base, entire at apex; costa percurrent or subpercurrent. Seta short, 4–6 mm. Capsule not or little inclined, slightly curved; neck equaling the urn in length, cylindric or obovate, not strumose but tapering instead; peristome teeth entire or perforate near apex, not fragile, commonly persistent; annulus compound, revoluble.

Phenology: Capsules mature late summer–fall.
Habitat: Soil, gravel, humus, crevices
Elevation: generally alpine, high elevations

Distribution

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Greenland, Alaska, n Europe, c Asia (Kazakhstan, Mongolia).

Discussion

I. A. Worley and Z. Iwatsuki (1970) reported both Trematodon brevicollis and T. ambiguus from Alaska.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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