Selaginellaceae
Willdenow's spikemoss
Selaginella willdenowii
- Family
- Selaginellaceae
- Genus
- Selaginella
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 藤卷柏, 藤捲柏
- English
- Willdenow's spikemoss
Synonyms
- Didiclis willdenowii (Desv.) Li Bing Zhang & X.M.Zhou
- Lycopodioides caespitosa (Blume) Kuntze
- Lycopodioides willdenowii (Desv.) Kuntze
- Lycopodium bicolor Warb.
- Lycopodium caesium unranked arboreum Courtin
- Lycopodium caespitosum Blume
- Lycopodium laevigatum Willd.
- Lycopodium willdenovii Desv. ex Poir.
- Selaginella altissima Kaulf. ex Lauche
- Selaginella arborea (Kunze) A.Braun
- Selaginella arborea Dippel
- Selaginella arborescens Russow
- Selaginella caesia unranked arborea
- Selaginella caespitosa (Blume) Spring
- Selaginella denuana Alderw.
- Selaginella laevigata (Willd.) Spring
- Selaginella uncinata var. arborea (Kunze) Mett.
- Selaginella willdenowii var. caesia-arborea (Hort.) Hieron. ex Bonap.
- Selaginella willdenowii var. punctulata Alderw.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Suzanne ujen, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wiki Farazi, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wiki Farazi, 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.