Lycopodiaceae
One-cone clubmoss
Lycopodium lagopus
- Family
- Lycopodiaceae
- Genus
- Lycopodium
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Common names
By language (6)
- Arabic
- رجل الذئب الأرنبي
- English
- One-cone clubmoss, Ptarmigan clubmoss, One-cone club-moss
- Finnish
- Pohjankatinlieko
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Rypefot
- Persian
- پنجهگرگی تکقیفی
- Swedish
- Riplummer
Synonyms
- Lycopodium clavatum f. furcatum Vict.
- Lycopodium clavatum f. lagopus Laest.
- Lycopodium clavatum f. monostachyum Hegi
- Lycopodium clavatum subsp. lagopus (Laest.) Dostál
- Lycopodium clavatum subsp. megastachyon (Fernald & Bissell) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Lycopodium clavatum subsp. monostachyon (Hook. & Grev.) Selander
- Lycopodium clavatum var. brevispicatum Peck
- Lycopodium clavatum var. integerrimum Spring
- Lycopodium clavatum var. integrifolium (Hook. ex Goldie) Spring
- Lycopodium clavatum var. integrifolium (Hook. ex Goldie) Nessel
- Lycopodium clavatum var. lagopus Laest. ex C.Hartm.
- Lycopodium clavatum var. megastachyon Fernald & Bissell
- Lycopodium clavatum var. monostachyon Hook. & Grev.
- Lycopodium clavatum var. monostachyum Desv.
- Lycopodium clavatum var. monostachyum Schur
- Lycopodium integrifolium Hook. ex Goldie
- Lycopodium pseudoannotinum Schur
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: Fyn Kynd, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Timothy McNitt, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Timothy McNitt, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Timothy McNitt, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Timothy McNitt, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tom Scavo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Anastasiia Samokhvalova, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.