WorldFloraDB - Huperzia selago

Characteristics

Shoots erect, indeterminate, 8--12 cm, becoming short-decumbent; leaves of mature portion slightly smaller than leaves of juvenile portion (more pronounced in sun form); indistinct annual constrictions present (more pronounced in shade form); juvenile growth erect. Leaves spreading-ascending (shade) to appressed-ascending (sun) in mature portion, more reflexed in juvenile portion, green (shade) to yellow-green (sun), lustrous; largest leaves triangular, widest at base, 4--7.5 mm; smallest leaves lanceolate, 3.5--5 mm; margins almost entire, papillate; stomates on both surfaces, numerous on adaxial surface, 30--90 per 1/2 leaf. Gemmiferous branchlets produced in 1 pseudowhorl at end of annual growth; gemmae 4--5 X 3--4.5 mm, lateral leaves 1.5--2 mm wide, broadly acute. Spores 29--37 µm. 2 n = 268.

More

Plants terrestrial. Stem erect or ascending, 16-25 cm, 2-3 mm in diam. at middle, together with leaves 11-16 mm wide, 3 or 4 times dichotomously branched, upper portion often with bulbils. Leaves dense, angled upward or attached at right angles with stem, lustrous, lanceolate, nearly as wide at base as middle, straight, 7-10 × 1.4-1.8 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.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

-

Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

monoecy

Pollination

hydrogamy

Spread

anemochory

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

0.25

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

-

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	dye medicinal social use
Edible	leaves
Therapeutic use	Antidotes (leaf), Anti-poisoning (leaf), Eczema (reproductive organ), Scabies (reproductive organ), Wounds and injuries (reproductive organ), Eczema (root), Scabies (root), Wounds and injuries (root), Abortifacient (unspecified)
Human toxicity	toxic (aerial)
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Mode	-
Germination duration (days)	-
Germination temperacture (C°)	-
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-

Images

Habit

Leaf

Huperzia selago leaf picture by ton boxhoorn (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Huperzia selago flower picture by Roland Hollier (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1140250-2
WFO ID	wfo-0001110254
COL ID	6MGYH
BDTFX ID	75177
INPN ID	103034
Wikipedia (EN)	Link
Wikipedia (FR)	Link

Synonyms

Lycopodium selago Urostachys selago Lycopodium selago f. patens Lycopodium densum Plananthus selago Plananthus patens Mirmau selago Lycopodium selago subsp. patens Lycopodium selago subsp. selago Lycopodium selago var. selago Lycopodium selago var. densum Lycopodium selago var. recurvum Huperzia selago

Lower taxons

Huperzia selago subsp. dentata

WorldFloraDB 2024

Huperzia selago (L.) Bernh. ex Schrank & Mart.

Northern firmoss (en), Lycopode sélagine (fr), Lycopode Sélagine (fr), Huperzie sélagine (fr), Lycopode dressé (fr)

Species

Pteridophytes > Lycopodiales > Lycopodiaceae > Huperzioideae > Huperzia