Loose tufts on soil. Stems c. 25 mm long. Leaves wide-spreading, less commonly erect-spreading, linear-lanceolate, 0.6–0.9 mm long, 0.11–0.15 mm wide; apices broadly acuminate; costae failing below apex; margins singly or doubly serrate, less commonly denticulate, plane to slightly recurved; laminal cells rectangular, rarely hexagonal, 26–42 μm long, 4–9 μm wide, prorate. Sporophyte unknown.
VVP, CVU, GGr. A poorly known species, recorded in Victoria on Mount William and near the Glenelg River.
Gilmore, S.R. (2006). Philonotis. Flora of Australia 51: 265–270.
