Selaginellaceae
Plumed spikemoss
Selaginella plumosa
- Family
- Selaginellaceae
- Genus
- Selaginella
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Plumed spikemoss
Synonyms
- Gymnogynum domingense P.Beauv.
- Gymnogynum plumosum (L.) Li Bing Zhang & X.M.Zhou
- Lycopodioides plumosa (L.) Kuntze
- Lycopodioides stolonifera (Sw.) Kuntze
- Lycopodium domingense (P.Beauv.) Steud.
- Lycopodium gymnogynum var. domingense Desv. ex Poir.
- Lycopodium plumosum L.
- Lycopodium stoloniferum Sw.
- Selaginella stolonifera (Sw.) Spring
- Selaginella stolonifera var. domingensis (Sw.) Spring
- Selaginella stolonifera var. poeppigiana Spring
- Stachygynandrum plumosum (L.) P.Beauv.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Brian Oakes Haiti Hunter, 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.