Selaginellaceae
Dwarf spikemoss
Selaginella arbuscula
- Family
- Selaginellaceae
- Genus
- Selaginella
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Dwarf spikemoss
Synonyms
- Hypopterygiopsis arbuscula (Kaulf.) Li Bing Zhang & X.M.Zhou
- Lycopodioides arbuscula (Kaulf.) Kuntze
- Lycopodium arbuscula Kaulf.
- Lycopodium pennigerum Gaudich.
- Selaginella bishopiana O.C.Schmidt
- Selaginella browneana O.C.Schmidt
- Selaginella jonesii O.C.Schmidt
- Selaginella protracta Warb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: native
Photos
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Damien Wallace, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dutza K., CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thomas Irvine, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, 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.