Selaginellaceae
Krauss' spikemoss
Selaginella kraussiana
- Family
- Selaginellaceae
- Genus
- Selaginella
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Common names
By language (5)
- Chinese
- 小翠云, 小翠雲, 地柏
- Czech
- Vraneček Kraussův
- English
- Krauss' spikemoss, Krauss's clubmoss
- Polish
- Widliczka Kraussa
- Welsh
- Cnwp-fwsogl Krauss
Synonyms
- Didiclis kraussiana (Kunze) Rothm.
- Didiclis poulteri (Hort.Veitch) Rothm.
- Gymnogynum kraussianum (Kunze) Weakley
- Lycopodioides azorica (Baker) Kuntze
- Lycopodioides canescens Kuntze
- Lycopodioides kraussiana (Kunze) Kuntze
- Lycopodioides poulteri (H.Laurentius) Kuntze
- Lycopodium kraussianum Kunze
- Selaginella azorica G.Nicholson
- Selaginella brownii W.Bull
- Selaginella canescens Fée
- Selaginella hortensis Mett.
- Selaginella kraussiana var. aurea W.Bull
- Selaginella kraussiana var. brownii (Stansf.) G.Nicholson
- Selaginella kraussiana var. poulteri (H.Laurentius) A.Braun
- Selaginella kraussiana var. variegata B.S.Williams
- Selaginella poulteri G.Nicholson
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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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.