Huperzia appressa (Desv.) Á.Löve & D.Löve

Species

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Characteristics

Plants terrestrial. Stem erect or ascending, 3-10 cm, 1-2 mm in diam. at middle, together with leaves 5-9 mm wide, 1 or 2 times dichotomously branched, upper portion often with bulbils. Leaves dense, angled upward or attached at right angles with stem, lustrous, lanceolate, base nearly as wide as middle, straight, 2-5 × 0.8-1.3 mm, leathery to papery, both surfaces glabrous, midrib indistinct abaxially, slightly distinct adaxially, base truncate, decurrent, sessile, margin straight and not crispate, entire, apex acute. Sporophylls homomorphic with trophophylls; sporangia not visible or visible on both sides of sporophylls, yellowish, reniform.
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Growth form herb
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-10

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Images

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Distribution

Huperzia appressa world distribution map, present in Canada, China, and France

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:124840-2
WFO ID wfo-0001274871
COL ID 3WM8G
BDTFX ID 164650
INPN ID 762018
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Synonyms

Urostachys selago f. reductus-angustus Huperzia arctica Lycopodium arcticum Lycopodium appressum Huperzia appressa Huperzia dixitiana Lycopodium selago f. reductum-angustum Huperzia selago subsp. appressum Huperzia selago subsp. arctica Lycopodium selago subsp. arcticum Huperzia selago var. appressa Lycopodium selago f. appressa Huperzia selago subsp. arcticum Huperzia selago subsp. appressa Lycopodium selago subsp. appressum Urostachys selago var. appressus