Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Selaginella denticulata ( L.) Spring
Family : SELAGINELLACEAE
Genus : Selaginella
Province distribution : Alicante. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castellón. Gerona. Tarragona. Valencia.
Distribution in the islands : Dragonera. Formentera. Ibiza. Mallorca. Minorca.
General distribution : Mediterranean
Flowering time : January. February. March. April. December.
Life-forms : Chameophyte.
Habitat : Walls and humid rocks. Sometimes in the soil of the forests.
IUCN Category : Poco preocupante
Characteristics : A small plant that looks like a moss lives growing along the ground in shady and wet areas. Branching is dichotomous, and leaves are arranged in four rows atop of the stems. Given that it is a pteridophyte, it has no flowers, but male sporangium (red in colour) and female (green in colour) along the apical portion of some fertile branches. Bears fruit during the winter and spring.
