Selaginellaceae
Gulf spikemoss
Selaginella ludoviciana
- Family
- Selaginellaceae
- Genus
- Selaginella
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Selaginella ludovicianaSelaginellaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Gulf spikemoss
Synonyms
- Diplostachyum ludovicianum (A.Braun) Small
- Lycopodioides ludoviciana (A.Braun) Kuntze
- Lycopodium apothecium Bevis ex Heynh.
- Lycopodium louisianum Link ex Courtin
- Lycopodium lousianum Link ex Courtin
- Lycopodium ludovicianum A.Braun
- Selaginella albiduta var. macrostachya Hieron.
- Selaginella apoda unranked major A.Braun
- Selaginella apoda var. ludoviciana (A.Braun) B.F.Hansen & Wunderlin
- Selaginella apotheca A.Braun
- Selaginella apothecia Stansb.
- Selaginella apothecium Bevis ex Heynh.
- Selaginella apus var. denticulata Spring
- Selaginella apus var. macrostachya A.Br.
- Selaginella louisiana (Link ex Courtin) A.Braun ex Lauche
- Selaginella luisiana A.Braun ex Lauche
- Selaginella scalariformis A.Braun
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
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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.