The
Genus Cephaloziella
Cephaloziella byssacea var. scabra (Howe) Schust.
Synonomy: C. divaricata var.
scabra
Howe
C. starkei var. scabra (M. Howe) L. Clark & Frye
C. byssacea var. asperifolia (Tayl.) Macv.
This taxon contains components of a species complex (C. byssacea sens. lat.), described by Schuster (1988) as being "perhaps the most variable and difficult species of the hepatics in our area."
The collection represented on this page is from Mason Co., Washington, growing over mosses at dripping base of south-facing bluffs above Hamma Hamma River, in partially shaded overhang, 19 December 2000.
Stem tip at 200x
Stem tip at 120x
leaf 400x
Leaf tip showing oil bodies 1000x
Leaf tip 500x
Leaf tip at 500x
Underleaf 500x
Underleaf 1000x
Gemmae at 400x
Copyright © 2001 Steven L. Jessup, Southern Oregon University