Scientific Name: Selaginella kraussiana
Common Name: clubmoss, Irish moss, spike moss
Family Name: Selaginellaceae
Origin: Africa
Hardiness Zone: Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C)
Plant Type: Ground cover, Indoor foliage plant
Mature Size: 0.1 - 0.2m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width)
Habit: Dense, Horizontal, Pendulous, Spreading
Form: Creeping / Mat-like
Texture: Fine
Landscape Uses: Ground cover, Hanging basket, Indoor plant
Exposure: Filtered shade, Deep shade
Soil or Media: Humus rich, Well-drained
Leaves: Scale-like, Opposite, Sessile, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Ovate, Serrulate
Flowers:
Fruit: Sporangium (spores), Green, Brown
Key ID Features:
Low growing, highly branched, moss-like evergreen; tiny "leaves" in four rows.