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Selaginella ciliaris is a tiny, low-growing spike moss that forms small tufts at the base of fallen trees and boulders in wet tropical forests. It needs constant humidity and shade, and is rarely grown as a deliberate garden or houseplant.
Selaginella ciliaris is a plant in the family Selaginellaceae which is native to areas from India and Nepal eastwards to China and Taiwan, and south to northern Australia.
Plants of the World Online gives the native distribution of this plant as follows: Andaman Islands, Assam, Bangladesh, Caroline Islands, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Java, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Islands, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya and Western Australia.
Meadow spikemoss · Sand spikemoss · Arizona spikemoss · Bluish spikemoss · Selaginella australiensis · Selaginella bifida · Selaginella biformis · Bushy spikemoss · Selaginella brisbanensis · Selaginella bryopteris · Selaginella carinata · Mesa spikemoss
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Selaginella ciliaris by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
