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Family: Selaginellaceae
Selaginella kraussiana

Citation: A. Braun, Ind. Sem. Hort. Berol. 22 (1859).

Synonymy: Lycopodium kraussianum Kunze, Linnaea 18:114 (1844).

Common name: Garden selaginella.

Description:
Sporophyte perennial; stems prostrate, creeping, repeatedly branched; leaves dimorphic; the larger leaves in 2 rows, ovate, 2-4 mm long; the smaller leaves appressed to the undersurface, 1-2 mm long; one megasporangium at the base of each strobilus, microsporangia numerous.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: SL.   Qld; N.S.W.; Vic.   Native to Africa

Conservation status: naturalised

Flowering time: No flowering time is available


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