Common Kettlewort
Blasia pusilla
Blasia pusilla is the only species in the liverwort genus Blasia. This species establishes a symbiosis with nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria of the genus Nostoc, which are housed in special cavities, called auricles, occurring on the ventral (underside) surface of the thallus.
- Scientific name
- Blasia pusilla
- Family
- Blasiaceae