Plants small, bright green, in dense turfs. Stems short, 0.5-2 cm, erect, mostly unbranched or weakly sympodially branching with colorless branches arising at acute or right angles from the erect leafy stems. Leaves reduced proximally and widely spaced, distally more densely arranged and roughly 3-ranked or irregularly arranged, of 1-4 segments, erect or spreading. Sexual condition with antheridia lateral, elongate, orange-brown when mature, archegonia lateral and often orange-tinged, not halting subsequent stem growth. Seta 0.5-2.6 mm, straight and erect. Capsule elongate-elliptic, 0.6-2.3 × 0.3-0.5 mm, green becoming brown. Spores 25-36 µm.