Veilwort  (Pallavicinia lyellii)

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Description

Veilwort is a thalloid liverwort, meaning that these liverworts do not have stems and leaves, but consist of a 'thallus', a flattened 'body' just a few cells thick (3). Veilwort is pale green in colour (2) and easily recognised by its obvious raised midrib (3), which has a strand of elongated conducting cells passing along the centre (2).

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