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Crescent-cup liverwort
Lunularia cruciata
28 photos
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Easily confused with
Common LiverwortMarchantia polymorpha
Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum
SnakewortConocephalum salebrosum
Dumortier's LiverwortDumortiera hirsuta
Hemisphaeric LiverwortReboulia hemisphaerica
Monoclea forsteri
California asterellaCalasterella californica
Monoclea gottschei
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 24,928 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 21,948 |
| Australia | 2,162 |
| United Kingdom | 1,996 |
| California | 1,826 |
| England | 1,705 |
| New Zealand | 1,163 |
| South Australia | 1,095 |
| Spain | 884 |
| France | 866 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Liverwort growth formListed by a harvested source as belonging to the liverwort plant group.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | liverworts · Marchantiophyta |
| Class | complex thalloid liverworts · Marchantiopsida |
| Order | Lunulariales |
| Family | Lunulariaceae |
| Genus | Lunularia |
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Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: USDA PLANTS Characteristics (U.S. Government work / public domain)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Crescent-cup liverwort with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.