Lycopodiaceae
Stag's-horn clubmoss
Lycopodium clavatum
- Family
- Lycopodiaceae
- Genus
- Lycopodium
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Common names
By language (43)
- Arabic
- مُسَكية, الخدرية, رجل الذئب, رهن, كبريت نباتي
- arz
- ليكوبوديوم كلافاتوم
- azb
- سانجاغابنزر پلاون
- Azerbaijani
- Sancağabənzər plaun
- ba
- Көкөрт үләне
- Belarusian
- Дераза булавападобная, Дзераза булавападобная
- Bulgarian
- Бухалковиден плаун
- Catalan
- Lycopode en massue
- Chinese
- 东北石松, 石松, 伸筋草, 欧洲石松
- csb
- Mòrzebób
- Czech
- Plavuň vidlačka
- Danish
- Almindelig Ulvefod
- Dutch
- Grote wolfsklauw
- English
- Stag's-horn clubmoss, Common clubmoss, Elk-moss, Running clubmoss, Common club moss, Ground pine, Wolf's-foot clubmoss
- Estonian
- Karukold
- Finnish
- Katinlieko
- French
- Lycopode en massue, Herbe aux massues, Lycopode officinal
- Georgian
- Გველის ხავსი
- German
- Keulen-Bärlapp, Keulenbärlapp, Kolben-Bärlapp, Kolbenbärlapp, Lycopode en massue
- Hindi
- नागबेली
- Hungarian
- Kapcsos korpafű
- Icelandic
- Burstajafni
- Irish
- Garbhógach na mbeann
- Italian
- Licopodio
- Japanese
- ヒカゲノカズラ, 日陰蔓, 日陰鬘, 蘿
- Kazakh
- Шоқпарбас плаун
- Korean
- 석송
- Latvian
- Vālīšu staipeknis
- Lithuanian
- Vaistinis pataisas, Lycopode en massue, Pataisas šarkakojis, Šarkakojis pataisas
- Macedonian
- Волчја нога
- Nepali
- नागबेली
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Myk kråkefot, Mykkråkefot
- Persian
- لیکوپدیوم کلاواتم
- Polish
- Widłak goździsty, Babimór, Dereza, Widłak babimór
- Quechua
- China wiñay wayna
- Russian
- Плаун булавовидный, Дереза, Плаун булавчатый, Плаун обыкновенный
- se
- Idni
- Slovak
- Plavúň obyčajný
- Slovenian
- Kijasti lisičjak
- Swedish
- Mattlummer, Lycopode en massue
- Tongan
- Ikuʻikulī
- Ukrainian
- Плаун булавоподібний, Плаун булавовидий
- Welsh
- Cnwp-fwsogl corn carw
Synonyms
- Lycopodium clavatum f. clavatum
- Lycopodium clavatum f. frondescens Vict.
- Lycopodium clavatum var. clavatum
- Lycopodium clavatum var. robustius (Grev. & Hook.) Nakai
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
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Photo: Antoine Lamielle, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Antoine Lamielle, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Antoine Lamielle, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Antoine Lamielle, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Antoine Lamielle, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Antoine Lamielle, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Antoine Lamielle, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Antoine Lamielle, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.