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."
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