EcoFlora - Acaulon schimperianum

Acaulon schimperianum (Sull.) Sull.
Family: Pottiaceae Media not available	FNA Resources Richard H. Zander in Flora of North America (vol. 27) Plants elliptic to globose, occasionally three-angled, 1-1.5 mm. Stem leaves awned, broadly channeled; laminal cells papillose abaxially. Seta as long as the diameter of the capsule. Spores spheric, 35-40 µm, papillose. Capsules mature winter. Soil, dry washes; low to moderate elevations; Ariz., Ill., Iowa, Kans., Tex.; Mexico (Nuevo León). Acaulon schimperianum is awned and the distal margins are more strongly dentate than those of the other species.
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