Guide to Liverworts of Oregon: Ptilidium pulcherrimum (G. Web.) Hampe
HOME SPECIES INDEX GENUS INDEX GLOSSARY
1b plants leafy > 3a leaves divided 1/2 or more > 4a lobe base laminar > Ptilidium 1 lobe tips not attenuate > Ptilidium 2a lobes less than 11 cells wide > Ptilidium pulcherrimum
Synonym: None.
Special Status: ORBIC List 2.
Recognition: The numerous, uniseriate cilia fringing the leaf lobes give this plant its distinctive fuzzy appearance.
Distribution: Usually grows on bark or wood; in Oregon a single report from Antone Creek, Baker County, in the northeastern corner of the state (Hong 1978).
Comments: Ptilidium pulcherrimum, like Ptilidium ciliare, may turn up in NW Oregon.
Jacob's Creek, Keweenaw Co., Michigan.
J. Glime 1829. Female shoot with perianth.
Jacob's Creek, Keweenaw Co., Michigan.
J. Glime 1829. Female shoot.
Jacob's Creek, Keweenaw Co., Michigan.
J. Glime 1829. Male shoot tip.
Jacob's Creek, Keweenaw Co., Michigan.
J. Glime 1829. Male shoot sector.
Jacob's Creek, Keweenaw Co., Michigan.
J. Glime 1829. Leaf from female shoot.
Jacob's Creek, Keweenaw Co., Michigan.
J. Glime 1829. Leaf from male plant.
Jacob's Creek, Keweenaw Co., Michigan.
J. Glime 1829. Leaf from male plant.
Jacob's Creek, Keweenaw Co., Michigan.
J. Glime 1829. Male bract.
From Frye and Clark 1937-1947, V. 6 p. 200.