Bazzania adnexa (Lehm. & Lindenb.) Trevis.
Plants pure green; first branch underleaf typically connate to an underleaf of the main shoot, transversely inserted on the stem; flagelliform branches abundantly produced; underleaves connate on both sides, often distinctly so, erect to spreading, broadly reniform, with a ragged, hyaline apex, the lateral margins straight to moderately ampliate (not distinctly cordate at the base), the hyaline portion confined to the distal portion of the underleaf and not extending to the insertion as a narrow border.
Distribution and Ecology : New Zealand: Auckland Islands; Australia: Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales.
This is one of our most common hepatics, occurring throughout New Zealand, and like other semi-weedy taxa, tolerates a variety of conditions. For example, it occurs in wet, rich forests grading to relatively dry forests and from sea level to the upper reaches of the forest zone, but does not extend into the penalpine or alpine zone. It tolerates a range of exposures from deeply shaded to fully exposed and a variety of substrates, being typically terricolous or corticolous or exceptionally saxicolous (including granite and limestone).
