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Selaginella willdenowii

Botanic Family

Selaginellaceae

Author

(Desvaux ex Poiret) J.G. Baker

Common Names

• Peacock Fern
• Willdenow's Spike Moss

Geographical Habitats

• Tropical Africa & Asia Guangxi
• Guizhou
• Yunnan-China
• Cambodia
• Laos
• Johore
• Kedah
• Negeri Sembilan
• Pahang
• Perak
• Selangor - Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Singapore
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Perennial climbing moss or erect to clambering herb to 10 metres with bluish foliage, brittle stems with numerous secondary branches, branches greenish with reddish shade, leaves in two layers, green strobile to 20mm long at tips of tertiary branches

Further References

• Bailey 1976
• Beckett 1990
• Huxley 1992
• RHS A-Z
• The Plant List 2
• VOPR
• FS
• GBS