Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Science/2020 June 24

= June 24 =

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


 * Some kind of liverwort? DuncanHill (talk) 22:29, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
 * 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)
 * Asterella californica? --Lambiam 09:46, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

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)