Selaginellaceae
Delicate spikemoss
Selaginella tenella
- Family
- Selaginellaceae
- Genus
- Selaginella
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Delicate spikemoss
Synonyms
- Diplostachyum tenellum P.Beauv.
- Lycopodioides albonitens (Spring) Kuntze
- Lycopodioides cladorrhizans (A.Braun) Kuntze
- Lycopodioides mollis Kuntze
- Lycopodioides subcaulescens (Baker) Kuntze
- Lycopodium tenellum (P.Beauv.) Desv.
- Lycopodium tenellum (P.Beauv.) Desv. ex Poir.
- Selaginella albonitens Spring
- Selaginella albonitens f. longiciliata Hieron.
- Selaginella albonitens var. major Hieron.
- Selaginella ambigua var. minor Hieron.
- Selaginella cladorrhizans A.Braun
- Selaginella crugeri Jenman
- Selaginella humile Jenman
- Selaginella mollis Fée
- Selaginella sintenisii Hieron.
- Selaginella subcaulescens Baker
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: 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.