Selaginella alampeta
Meadow Spikemoss
Selaginella apoda
Spring Species
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- Botanical name
- Selaginella apoda
- Also known as
- Creeping Spikemoss, Meadow Spikemoss
- Family
- Selaginellaceae
- Genus
- Selaginella
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Meadow Spikemoss
We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Selaginella apoda but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Diplostachyum apodum
Lycopodioides apodum
Lycopodium albidulum
Lycopodium apodon
Lycopodium apodum
Lycopodium apodum var. piliferum
Lycopodium apus
Selaginella albidula
Selaginella apoda
Selaginella apoda
Selaginella apoda var. denticulata
Selaginella apoda var. minor
Selaginella apus
Selaginella apus var. minor
Others in Selaginella
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