Guide to Liverworts of Oregon: Harpanthus flotovianus (Nees) Nees

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1b plants leafy > 3b leaves not divided, not ciliate > 6a oil bodies 2+ or unknown > 7b no small dorsal lobe > 10a succubous > 11a anisophyllous > 12b leaves lobed > 37b if rhizoids red, stems red > 38a shoots wider than 1 mm > 39a underleaves conspicuous > 40b underleaves narrow to lanceolate > 43a underleaves lanceolate > 44b trigones not bulging > Harpanthus flotovianus


Synonym: None.

Special Status: ORBIC List 2.

Recognition: Regularly bilobed leaves, the notch between lobes shallow and rounded; prominent, lanceolate underleaves regularly present on all shoots. The underleaves usually have teeth or cilia on the margin.

Distribution: On peat; at high elevations in the mountains. In the ORNHIC listing only Klamath County is listed but this species has also been found in Lane County and Baker County.

Comments: This species is typically found in fens or "bogs."


Bakki, Iceland. D. Callaghan.



3 Sisters Wilderness, Lane Co., Oregon. DHW m1774


3 Sisters Wilderness, Lane Co., Oregon. DHW m1774



Shoot with androecia. Lake Creek, Grant Co., Oregon. DHW m2762



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