Selaginellaceae

Club spikemoss

Selaginella spinulosa A.Braun ex Döll

Family: Selaginellaceae
Genus: Selaginella

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Common names

By language (21)

Armenian: Սելագինելա սելագանման
Catalan: Selaginel·la de muntanya, Sélaginelle Spinuleuse
Czech: Vraneček brvitý
Danish: Mosdværgulvefod, Nordisk Dværgulvefod
English: Club spikemoss, Lesser clubmoss, Low spikemoss, Northern spikemoss, Prickly mountain moss
Estonian: Koldjas selaginell
Faroese: Lítil mosajavni
Finnish: Mähkä, Lettomähkä
French: Faux Sélago, Sélaginelle Spinuleuse, Faux selago, Sélaginelle fausse-sélagine
German: Dorniger Moosfarn, Sélaginelle Spinuleuse
Hungarian: Prémes szelaginella
Icelandic: Mosajafni
Lithuanian: Paprastoji selaginelė, Sélaginelle Spinuleuse
Norwegian Bokmål: Dvergjamne
Norwegian Nynorsk: Dvergjamne
Persian: علف خوک شمالی
Polish: Widliczka ostrozębna
Slovenian: Alpska drežica
Swedish: Dvärglummer, Sélaginelle Spinuleuse
Ukrainian: Плаунок плауноподібний
Welsh: Cnwp-fwsogl bach

Synonyms

Bernhardia spinosa Gray
Lycopodina spinulosa (A.Braun ex Döll) Bubani
Lycopodioides selaginoides (L.) Kuntze
Lycopodium bryophyllum C.Presl
Lycopodium ciliatum Lam.
Lycopodium selaginoides L.
Selaginella ciliata Opiz
Selaginella selaginoides (L.) P.Beauv. ex Schrank & Mart.
Selaginella spinosa P.Beauv.
Selaginella spinosa monstr.furcata Luerss.
Selaginella spinosa subsp. bahusiensis Gand.
Selaginella spinosa subsp. borealis Gand.
Selaginella spinosa subsp. bothnica Gand.
Selaginella spinosa subsp. delphinensis Gand.
Selaginella spinosa subsp. earthusiana Gand.
Selaginella spinosa subsp. frigida Gand.
Selaginella spinosa subsp. glacialis Gand.
Selaginella spinosa subsp. herjedaliensis Gand.
Selaginella spinosa subsp. hibernica Gand.
Selaginella spinosa subsp. imbricaria Gand.
Selaginella spinosa subsp. jugicola Gand.
Selaginella spinosa subsp. litigiosa Gand.
Selaginella spinosa subsp. ludibunda Gand.
Selaginella spinosa subsp. mediana Gand.
Selaginella spinosa subsp. nemoricola Gand.
Selaginella spinosa subsp. norvegica Gand.
Selaginella spinosa subsp. orthophylla Gand.
Selaginella spinosa subsp. parvula Gand.
Selaginella spinosa subsp. patens Gand.
Selaginella spinosa subsp. pyrenaica Gand.
Selaginella spinosa subsp. scotica Gand.
Selaginella spinosa subsp. vallesiaca Gand.
Selaginella spinosa subsp. vieina Gand.
Selaginella spinosa subsp. viridissima Gand.
Selaginella spinosa var. minor Spring
Selaginoides spinulosa (A.Braun ex Döll) Li Bing Zhang & X.M.Zhou

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). About our plant data.