A chiefly tropical creeping clubmoss which has branching stems with hair-like spines on the leaf margins, small spore-bearing cones, and typically a mat-like growth.
卷柏
Genus Selaginella and family Selaginellaceae, class Lycopsida
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Like other spikemosses, its leaves are very tiny and overlap.
The spikemosses are creeping or ascendant plants with simple, scale-like leaves on branching stems from which roots also arise.
In foliage, twiggy spikemoss resembles a clump of moss that was plugged into a high voltage electrical outlet.
Modern descendants are tiny dwarfs by comparison - including varieties of the herbaceous ground or club mosses, quillworts, and spikemosses
The best growing environment for this spikemoss is in dappled to full shade with ample moisture.