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Cabeza Prieta Natural History Association
Sonoran Desert Plants
Selaginella arizonica (Arizona spike-moss, flor de piedra)

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Selaginella arizonica

Habitat: rocks, cliffs
Life Form: spike moss
Leaf Description: moss-like
Flower Color: no flowers
Spines: spineless
Family: Selaginellaceae (spike-moss family)
Abundance: common

 

References

"Arizona Flora", Thomas A. Kearney and Robert H. Peebles, 1960, University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London (out of print)
    page 28

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