*1: Kynance Cove, 1961,
JAP (BBSUK) (Paton 1969a:
728).
*2: Pencarrow Head,
1961, JAP (BBSUK) (Paton 1969a:
728).
Forms patches or low lawns. Habitat notes from
Cornwall are as follows. Locally frequent on Lizard pen.
heathland W. of Rosuick, 10 Mar. 2004, on unshaded soil, often
among serpentinite rocks e.g. in small old quarries or on
banks; associates included Archidium
alternifolium, Bryum rubens, Entosthodon obtusus,
Conocephalum
conicum. One other DTH record in vc1: E. of Goonhavern, on
damp peaty soil of unshaded disturbed area at edge of wet
heath, also close by on clay soil of unshaded soil heap. The
Tidna, vc2: damp soil of low unshaded banks in flush near
coast (near Molinia
caerulea tussocks). Siblyback
Lake:
patch on unshaded acidic soil of low bank just above edge of
inundation-zone beside reservoir.
Only recorded c.fr.: capsules immature 3, dehiscing
4, fallen intact 8 (not dehisced).
