Selaginellaceae
Asian spikemoss
Selaginella plana
- Family
- Selaginellaceae
- Genus
- Selaginella
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Asian spikemoss
Synonyms
- Didiclis plana (Desv.) Li Bing Zhang & X.M.Zhou
- Lycopodium canaliculatum var. pallidius Hook. & Arn.
- Lycopodium durvillei Bory
- Lycopodium nemorum Desv.
- Lycopodium pellucidum Desv.
- Lycopodium planum Desv. ex Poir.
- Selaginella bellula W.Bull
- Selaginella canaliculata var. durvillaei (Bory) Warb.
- Selaginella caudata var. durvillei (Bory) Spring
- Selaginella caudata var. guichenotii Spring
- Selaginella durvillaei (Bory) A.Braun ex Kuhn
- Selaginella guichenotii (Spring) Hieron.
- Selaginella herpocaulos var. acuminata Alderw.
- Selaginella inaequalifolia var. perelegans (T.Moore) Baker
- Selaginella perelegans T.Moore
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
LeavesPhoto: Lena Struwe, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: ritirene, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Adam Pitcher, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Cricket Raspet, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kembangraps, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ana Ka'ahanui, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kembangraps, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Subir B. Shakya, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, 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.