Status: Native
Synonyms:
None
Frullania inflata is a small, complicate bilobed leafy liverwort with a bilobed underleaf that grows on rock or bark. The perianth is obovate with a short beak. It is monoicous-- antheridia and perianths occur on the same stem. The cell walls are straight without intermediate thickenings. ID of this liverwort by Dr. Paul Davison, University of North Alabama in Florence.
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Frullania inflata, 40x photomicrograph of stem with perianth, photo Karen Blisard & Russ Kleinman, Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, North Canyon, June 26, 2012
Frullania inflata, 100x photomicrograph of lobule, photo Karen Blisard & Russ Kleinman, Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, North Canyon, June 26, 2012
Frullania inflata, 200x photomicrograph of underleaf, photo Karen Blisard & Russ Kleinman, Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, North Canyon, June 26, 2012
Frullania inflata, 400x photomicrograph of leaf, photo Karen Blisard & Russ Kleinman, Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, North Canyon, June 26, 2012
Frullania inflata, 100x photomicrograph of perianth, photo Karen Blisard & Russ Kleinman, Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, North Canyon, June 26, 2012
Frullania inflata, 200x photomicrograph of perianth, photo Karen Blisard & Russ Kleinman, Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, North Canyon, June 26, 2012
Frullania inflata, 100x photomicrograph of perianth, photo Karen Blisard & Russ Kleinman, Highway 15 above McMillen Campground, February 15, 2013
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