Seta 0.5-2.7 cm. Capsule inclined, rarely erect, arcuate (sometimes straight), (0.5-)1-2(-2.5) mm. Spores 9-16 µm.

Capsule maturity date not determined. Sandy or sometimes clay soil, open, disturbed sites, roadside banks, trails, fields; low to high elevations (30-2000 m); Alta., B.C., N.B., Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.), Ont., Que., Yukon; Alaska, Calif., Idaho, Mich., Mont., Oreg., Wash.; Europe; Asia.