Selaginella
By Lou Paun
Selaginella - A few hardy kinds of this large family of Lycopods are valuable for carpeting the fernery or clothing shady spots in the rock garden. These kinds are S. denticulata, S. helvetica, and S.
Selaginella
Family: Selaginallaceae.
Selaginella martensii Common name(s): Creeping Moss ...
Selaginella braunii
Arborvitae Fern
Selaginellaceae
Selaginella braunii or Arborvitae ferns, are native to China.
Selaginella kraussiana
'Brownii'
Pin-Cushion Spikemoss
Description
Spikemoss is a primitive plant and although it produces spores it is not a true fern. It is considered one of the fern allies this genus consists of 700 species.
Selaginella kraussiana
( Golden Trailing Spikemoss )
Perennial with trailing stems that root along the way. Mat-forming habit make this an ideal groundcover or use in hanging basket. Foliage is yellowish green.
Selaginellaceae
Origin
Native to tropical and southern Africa (i.e. Ethiopia, Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Rwanda, Zaire, Sierra Leone, Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa), ...
Selaginellas, known as spikemosses or clubmosses, are so primitive they predate the development of seeds among plants. It is related to ferns & true mosses & reproduces by spoors, or by creeping surface-spread.
Selaginellaceae, Spike Mosses
Selaginella rupestris, Rock Spike Moss
Selaginella selaginoides, Mountain Moss (EN-MN)
Isoetaceae, Quillwort ...
Bigelow's Spike-Moss [English]: Selaginella bigelovii
Bigelow's Tansy-Aster [English]: Machaeranthera bigelovii
Bigelow's Tansyaster [English]: Machaeranthera bigelovii (Gray) Greene var. commixta (Greene) B.L.Turner ...
In Selaginella the stelar systeim h do~ shows profounder modifications. In some forms we find ji vtes. a simple protostele, exarch-polyarch in one species (S. spinosa), exarch-diarch in several (fig. 10).
The order Selaginellales contains only one living genus, Selaginella, with perhaps 600 species, although fossil forms resembling Selaginella are known from deposits of the Carboniferous period (see ).
One of the most under used and unique shade loving ground covers are the group of selaginellas. They are close relatives of another well know Christmas decoration, running cedar (Lycopodium sp.). The flat blue green foliage of S.
ancient group, often being compared with plants from the Devonian Rhynie Chert, horsetails were also ancient (but not immediately related), and were linked to the fossil Sphenophyllum and its relatives, and then there were Lycopodium and Selaginella ...
There are several species of Selaginella. They often resemble mosses but are really tiny ferns. Others look like miniature trees sometimes with white and green variegated foliage. They are all very attractive and combine well with the other plants.
Variegated spikemoss (Selaginella kraussiana 'Variegata'), hardy to 6°C
Perian violet (Exacum affine), hardy to 10°C
'White troll' browallia (Browallia speciosa 'White Troll'), hardy to 10°C ...
Prayer Plant
Maidenhair Fern
Parlor Palm
Bird's Nest Fern
Nerve Plant
Peperomia caperata 'Little Fantasy'
Hedera helix 'Itsy Bitsy' (Mini English Ivy)
Selaginella martensii (Little Club Moss)
Sonerila species
Polka Dot Plant ...
ligule: (1) small membranous appendage on the top of the sheath of grass leaves; (2) a minute adaxial appendage near the base of a leaf, e.g. in Selaginella; (3) extended, strap-like corolla of some daisy florets.
Pinchuita - Selaginella denticulata
Pinillo - Ajuga chamaepitys
Pinillo - Equisetum telmateia
Pinillo de oro - Hypericum ericoides
Pinillo oloroso - Ajuga chamaepitys
Pino albar - Pinus silvestris
Pino amarillo - Pinus caribaea ...
 See also: Green, Moss, Evergreen, Fern, Apple
  
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