Terricolous in open sites on sketetal soils and andesitic rock saprolite. Common. In this image associated with Cladia gorgoniae, Schistidium apocarpum, Sclerodontium pallidum, Pulchrinodus inflatus, Stereocaulon ramulosum, Aira praecox and Anthoxanthum odoratum. Voucher: PJ de Lange 12944, 12945 (UNITEC 7670, 7671)