Selaginellaceae

Rockloving spikemoss

Selaginella rupincola Underw.

Family: Selaginellaceae
Genus: Selaginella

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Rockloving spikemoss (Selaginella rupincola) — Photo: Mike Ostrowski, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

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English: Rockloving spikemoss

Synonyms

Bryodesma rupincola (Underw.) Soják
Selaginella chrismari Hieron.
Selaginella chrismari var. karwinskyana Hieron.
Selaginella chrismari var. neeana Hieron.
Selaginella rupestris var. rupincola Clute

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

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.