Asterella drummondii (A thallose liverwort)
A thallose liverwort with narrow strap-like thalli, some shown here (http://www.cpbr.gov.au/bryophyte/photos-captions/asterella-drummondii-RWP-6426.html). The upper surface of the thallus is green and there are black scales on the underside. The thalli fold in along their length in dry conditions. Here (http://www.cpbr.gov.au/bryophyte/photos-captions/asterella-drummondii-6.html) you see a colony of thalli on a dry day. Add some water, wait and then you see (http://www.cpbr.gov.au/bryophyte/photos-captions/asterella-drummondii-7.html), the same colony with but with the thalli now open. In this photo (http://www.cpbr.gov.au/bryophyte/photos-captions/asterella-drummondii-8.html) you see the complex structure that grows up from the thallus and holds the spore capsules. One spore capsule is held within each group of slightly bowing white straps. This photo (http://www.cpbr.gov.au/bryophyte/photos-captions/asterella-drummondii-146.html) shows two spores.
Asterella drummondii is listed in the following regions:
Canberra & Southern Tablelands | South Coast
Species information
- Asterella drummondii Scientific name
- A thallose liverwort Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 827.99m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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Maps
Aranda Bushland Bicentennial Park Black Mountain Block 402 Boro Bruce Ridge Bruce Ridge to Gossan Hill Bullen Range Crace Grasslands Dryandra St Woodland Dunlop Grasslands Flea Bog Flat, Bruce Ginninderry Conservation Corridor Gossan Hill Lake Ginninderra Lions Youth Haven - Westwood Farm Molonglo Gorge Monga National Park Mongarlowe River Mount Ainslie Mount Majura Mount Mugga Mugga Mount Painter Mulanggari Grasslands Percival Hill Pine Island to Point Hut Piney Ridge QPRC LGA Six Mile TSR Turallo Nature Reserve Umbagong District Park Wanna Wanna Nature Reserve -
Survey points
Point 751 -
Places
Acton, ACT Aranda, ACT Belconnen, ACT Boro, NSW Bruce, ACT Bungendore, NSW Campbell, ACT Carwoola, NSW Coree, ACT Downer, ACT Dunlop, ACT Franklin, ACT Goobarragandra, NSW Greenway, ACT Hackett, ACT Kambah, ACT Kowen, ACT Latham, ACT Majura, ACT Mitchell, ACT Molonglo Valley, ACT Monga, NSW Murrumbateman, NSW Nicholls, ACT O'Connor, ACT O'Malley, ACT Queanbeyan West, NSW Stromlo, ACT Tuggeranong DC, ACT Watson, ACT
