Japanese name: クラマゴケ（鞍馬苔） Scientific name:Selaginella remotifolia
[Overview]
An evergreen fern that often grows in colonies in forests.
The stem consists of a main stem and lateral branches; the main stem creeps along the ground, branching sparsely, and the lateral branches rise low.
The leaves consist of dorsal leaves borne on the upper side of the stem and ventral leaves borne on the sides of the stem.
The dorsal leaves are closely pressed to the stem in two rows, narrowly ovate, 1.5–2 mm long, with fine teeth on the margin.
The ventral leaves are spreading and ovate, 3 mm long.
The spore-bearing spikes are quadrangular-prism-shaped, 5–15 mm long and 1–1.5 mm in diameter, and are borne clustered at the tips of the lateral branches.
The sporophylls are narrowly ovate to triangular-lanceolate, with fine teeth on the margin, and cover the sporangia.
The sporangia are spherical and borne at the upper base of the sporophylls.
[Cultivation]
Propagate by division.
It prefers a moderately moist site in partial shade to shade.
It is easy to grow.
