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Liverwort

Marchantia sp

Description:

Found in a pot plant from the nursery; truly the weirdest plant I have seen!

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9 Comments

namitha
namitha 10 years ago

Amazing spotting. I love liverworts. This is really cool Wendy.

drP
drP 11 years ago

Nice!

AndreaLim
AndreaLim 11 years ago

Great Pic!

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 11 years ago

What a great spotting! - never seen these cups on a liverwort. Thanks for sharing..

Wendy Clapham
Wendy Clapham 11 years ago

thanks so much Mariana! such interesting plants:)

C. Daehler
C. Daehler 11 years ago

Nice liverwort picture. Not sure what species you have but they commonly grow in greenhouse pots as "weeds".
http://oregonstate.edu/dept/nursery-weed...

Mariana2
Mariana2 11 years ago

it is a Liverwort, beautiful plants. on those little cups clones are being made. actually if you look closely you can see some

Wendy Clapham
Wendy Clapham 11 years ago

Sure, almost like it should be living in the ocean!

brainpunk
brainpunk 11 years ago

Very cool. Looks primitive :)

Wendy Clapham
Spotted by
Wendy Clapham

Swartland Local Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa

Spotted on Nov 10, 2012
Submitted on Nov 10, 2012

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