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Selaginella willdenowii
Also called Peacock Fern, Willdenow's Spikemoss, Peacock Fern, Vine Spikemoss
Willdenow's spikemoss is a low, creeping fern ally (not a true fern) from humid tropical forest floors, prized for its iridescent blue-green leaves. The key to growing it is steady humidity and shade, since it dislikes dry air and strong direct sun.
Selaginella willdenowii is a species of vascular plant in the Selaginellaceae family. It is a spikemoss known by the common names Willdenow's spikemoss and peacock fern (a name shared with S. Uncinata) due to its iridescent blue leaves. Like other Selaginallales, it is fern ally and not a true fern.
Selaginella willdenowii is sometimes spelt incorrectly as Selaginella willdenovii.
Meadow spikemoss · Selaginella bryopteris · Lesser spikemoss · Krauss's Clubmoss · Flower of stone · Gemmiferous Spikemoss · Lesser Clubmoss · Blue spikemoss · Spikemoss
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Selaginella willdenowii 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.
