Selaginellaceae
Braun's spikemoss
Selaginella braunii
- Family
- Selaginellaceae
- Genus
- Selaginella
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 布朗卷柏, 布朗捲柏, 布朗卷柏*(毛枝卷柏）, 毛枝卷柏
- English
- Braun's spikemoss, Arbor-vitae fern
Synonyms
- Didiclis braunii (Baker) Li Bing Zhang & X.M.Zhou
- Lycopodioides braunii (Baker) Kuntze
- Selaginella braunii f. hieronymi (Alderw.) Alderw.
- Selaginella hieronymi Alderw.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, 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.