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What's this plant?

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OK brainiacs, what's this plant? xD ty Zindor (talk) 22:25, 24 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Some kind of liverwort? DuncanHill (talk) 22:29, 24 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Looks like you've narrowed it down Duncan, thanks. It would be great to find the species out. The habitat itself is near the shore of a massive reservoir, so some humidity, but the area is otherwise baking hot for lots of the year so i'm thinking it might be a desert species. I believe the specimen had fallen off a rockface. Zindor (talk) 22:41, 24 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Asterella californica?  --Lambiam 09:46, 25 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Lambiam: Yeah it could well be, i'm currently trying to differentiate whether it's A.californica, A.bolanderi or Mannia californica. It's a shame i didn't take more photos as i was too distracted photographing the superbloom. Zindor (talk) 12:11, 25 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]