Plants rigid, somewhat glossy. Stems 3-7 cm, branches to 10 mm, spreading. Stem leaves 2.3-3 × 0.8-1 mm; base abruptly rounded to insertion; marginal teeth partly recurved; costa 90-100% leaf length; alar cells 6-10 × 7-11 µm, region opaque, ± clearly delimited, extending almost to margins; laminal cells 35-65 × 5 µm, walls moderately porose; basal juxtacostal cells 9-11 µm wide, more distal juxtacostal cells elongate, in 2-4 rows, walls strongly pitted; cells in acumen rhombic. Sporophytes unknown in North America.