Plants medium-sized, in moderately loose to dense tufts, light to dark green or yellowish to brownish. Stems to 10 cm, creeping to arching, slightly curved or flexuose, terete-to subcomplanate-foliate, julaceous along some portions of stem, occasionally regularly pinnate, branches to 7 mm, straight to slightly curved, subcomplanate-to complanate-foliate. Stem leaves erect, or patent and twisted to contorted, ovate-triangular to ovate, broadest at 1/7 leaf length or below, not or slightly plicate, longer than broad, 1-1.3(-1.6) × 0.7-1.1 mm; base decurrent; margins serrulate or serrate almost to base; apex acute or gradually to abruptly short-acuminate, ; costa to 60-80% leaf length, strong, terminal abaxial spine present; alar cells short-rectangular, to 30 × 12-16 µm, walls moderately thick, region of many cells, pellucid, not reaching margins, gradually differentiated; laminal cells 20-40 × 4-6 µm, variable on different leaves on same plant, 3-8:1, strongly prorate to prorate-papillose on abaxial surface; basal cells 10-13 µm wide, region in 1 or 2 rows. Seta 1-2 cm. Capsule inclined to horizontal, slightly curved, 1.5-2 mm. Spores 14-18µm.
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