Selaginellaceae
Fringed spikemoss
Selaginella ciliaris
- Family
- Selaginellaceae
- Genus
- Selaginella
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 睫毛卷柏, 緣毛卷柏, 缘毛卷柏
- English
- Fringed spikemoss
- Russian
- Селагинелла цилиарис
Synonyms
- Hypopterygiopsis ciliaris (Retz.) Li Bing Zhang & X.M.Zhou
- Lycopodioides ciliaris (Retz.) Kuntze
- Lycopodioides depressa (Sw.) Kuntze
- Lycopodioides exigua (Spring) Kuntze
- Lycopodioides pumilio (R.Br.) Kuntze
- Lycopodium belangeri Bory
- Lycopodium ciliare Retz.
- Lycopodium depressum Sw.
- Lycopodium pumilio R.Br.
- Selaginella belangeri (Bory) Spring
- Selaginella belangeri f. olivacea Alderw.
- Selaginella congregata Alderw.
- Selaginella depressa (Sw.) Spring
- Selaginella exigua Spring
- Selaginella papana Alderw.
- Selaginella pumilio Spring
- Selaginella ujensis Hieron.
- Selaginella winkleri Hieron.
- Stachygynandrum ciliare (Gmel.) P.Beauv.
- Stachygynandrum depressum (Sw.) Carruth.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: native
Photos
LeavesPhoto: James K. Douch, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Cheng Te Hsu, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Clarice Dorocinski, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Thomas Mesaglio, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Cheng Te Hsu, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hugo Innes, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Cheng Te Hsu, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hugo Innes, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Cheng Te Hsu, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thomas Mesaglio, 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.