Prestigious Plants - Clubmosses, Quillworts, and Spikemosses

( Plant Index )

LYCOPODIOPSIDA

    Lycopodiopsida is a primitive class of plants, including clubmosses, firmosses, quillworts, and spikemosses. We regard three genera within this class as worth our time and attention:

• Lycopodiales
• Lycopodiaceae
• Huperzia (Firmoss/Fir Clubmoss/Gemma Firmoss)
• Lycopodium (Clubmoss/Firmoss)
• Isoetales
• Isoetaceae
• Isoetes (Quillwort)
• Selaginellales
• Selaginellaceae
• Selaginella (Spikemoss)

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CLUBMOSS

Order: Lycopodiales
Family: Lycopodiaceae
Genus: Lycopodium
Names: 

• Clubmoss
• Creeping Cedar
• Creeping Pine
• Firmoss
• Foxtail
• Ground Pine
• Krauser Bärlapp [German]
• Lycopode [French]
• Plant Sulfur
• Running Pine
• Stag's-Horn Moss
• Wolf's Claw
• Wolf's-Foot
• Wolf’s Paw

Lycopodium

Distribution: Cosmopolitan.
Biome: Prefers damp tropical and alpine environments but appears in arid locations; does not do well with any human encroachment.

Physical Description

A small, club-shaped vascular plant that may be terrestrial or epiphytic, acquiring nutrition and moisture from the air and debris around it. The leaves are simple and needle-like or scale-like, with stems that usually creep along the ground, forking at intervals. They reproduce asexually via spore pods that develop on the ends of the stems, which is this plant's most economically important feature.

Symbolism

Club
Yes, this is named because it looks like a little battle club—the kind you use to hit people.

Illumination
The flash-powder spores can suddenly light the darkness, bearing the illuminating power of revelation (revealing what is obscured) and the power to blind those accustomed to the dark.

Wolf’s Foot
It is also called “wolf’s foot,” as the roots or the tips of the branches are thought to resemble such.

Culture

Plant Sulfur
Lycopod spores are tiny and oily, making them highly flammable. They are yellow-tan in color and dusty in texture. Called “plant sulfur,” lycopodium powder was used in primitive pyrotechnics as a flash powder dating back to antiquity, employing the physics principle of a powder explosion. It also served as one of the earliest flash agents in photography. It was further utilized in fireworks and explosives.

In this pyrotechnic capacity, the spores are ideal for safety and storage. They are so small that there is insufficient space between them to facilitate oxygenation of any combustive reaction in a resting state, so they only burn when aerosolized. This makes lycopodium powder incredibly stable in storage.

Experimentation
Lycopodium powder is helpful in all manner of experiments, as it is used to make sound waves or electrostatic charges visible.

Skin Irritation
They are used for lubricating contact between skin and latex goods (condoms, latex gloves, etc.).

Medical
We are not a medical blog; do not take health advice from us.

Used in traditional Austrian medicine internally as tea or externally in compresses for various issues (see Lycopodium clavatum entry below). Presently unverified.

Eye Issues
In Cornwall, clubmosses gathered during certain lunar phases were employed to treat eye issues.

Compiler Notes

• Lycopodium powder is a wonderful and grossly under-exploited material for magical reagents in fantasy fiction. Expound on the possibilities for exploitation!
• Chester Carlson used lycopodium powder in his early experiments in xerography (dry-printing).
• According to Skinner, Lycopodium was used with dried peas and bowling balls in zigzag troughs to simulate the storm in theatrical productions.
• If lycopodium powder can reveal the pattern of electrostatic charge, it could also reveal the pattern of other, more supernatural influences.
• The name “plant sulfur” is too good not to exploit.
• If lycopodium can produce a blinding flash in the dark, consecrated lycopodium powder might blind the wicked at any time by attacking their acclimation to spiritual darkness.

Image Refs

( https://www.forestryimages.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=5034079 )

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Species: Lycopodium clavatum
Names: 

• Common Clubmoss
• Bärlapp [German]
• Bristly Clubmoss
• Ground Cedar
• Johnny-Run-Along
• Korallbärlapp [Swedish]
• Lycopode En Massue [French]
• Maha Hattha [Sinhala]
• Mattegräs [Swedish]
• Nakhun Phayanak [Thai]
• Running Clubmoss
• Running Pine
• Snake Moss
• Staghorn Clubmoss
• Wolf's Claw
• Wolf's-Foot
• Wolf’s Paw

Lycopodium clavatum, Schwäbisch-Fränkische Waldberge, Germany.
Bernd Haynold - Self-photographed

Distribution: Cosmopolitan; undisturbed sites only.

Culture

Harvesting Spores
Spores should be harvested when heads are dry and mature, though collecting spores when the pods are green is still possible. For mature pods, cut the plant’s heads and spread them on a sheet to dry until the cones open. Shake and collect powder. For green pods, cut them off and break them open. Place them into a bag and set them in a cool, dry place to induce them to open; shake and remove.

Medical
We are not a medical blog; do not take health advice from us.

Medicinal use typically involves the spores but occasionally entails extracts from the entire plant. Apelian and Davis provide recipes for these uses.

Respiratory Issues
Spore decoction is used for chronic respiratory issues, bronchial disorders, etc.

Congestion, Cold, Flu
Spores are effective at drying out mucous membranes and relieving congestion. Mix 1/4 teaspoon spores with water and drink thrice a day.

GI Issues
Apelian and Davis recommend it for treating constipation and flatulence.

UT/Kidney Disorders
Diuretic, facilitating natural detox processes. Use whole-plant decoction for UT and kidney problems. Dose 1-2 tablespoons of decoction 3-4 times a day.

Skin Conditions
The powder is lightly oily and very fine, soaking up moisture. It is purported to work well with skin conditions arising from allergic reactions, sunburns, psoriasis and eczema, viral or fungal infections, contact dermatitis, hives, and insect bites/stings. It can be used as salve or lightly dusted if an oily application is inappropriate.

Wounds
When rubbed into the area of a wound they remove excess moisture and (this compiler presumes) provide a matrix to assist in scabbing. Combined with their purported antimicrobial properties, these should be good for closing wounds.

Arthritis
A decoction of the entire plant is purported to help treat rheumatoid arthritis.

Poison
Lycopodium contains trace alkaloids, which can cause paralysis to motor nerves if consumed in large amounts.

Compiler Notes

• Obvious go-to as a reagent.
• “Johnny-Run-Along” suggests this can be used to socially deflect, to assist in convincing others to “run along” and mind their own business.

Image Refs

( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycopodium_clavatum#/media/File:Lycopodium_clavatum_151207.jpg )

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Species: Lycopodium japonicum
Names: 

• Japanese Clubmoss
• Asian Clubmoss
• Banded Tassel Fern
• Chinese Clubmoss
• Huo Ba Jue [Chinese]
• Japanese Ground Pine
• Jitou Zhuifa [Chinese]
• Kikko-Kazura [Japanese]
• Riseklubb [Norwegian]
• Shiba-Matsu [Japanese]

Lycopodium japonicum

Distribution:

• Asia, East: China (China South-Central, China Southeast), Japan, Taiwan
• Asia, South: Bangladesh, India (Assam, East Himalaya, West Himalaya), Nepal, Sri Lanka
• Asia, Southeast: Cambodia, Indonesia (Sulawesi), Laos, Myanmar, Philippines, Vietnam
• Asia, Central: Tibet
• Asia, East: China (Xinjiang)
• Oceania: Solomon Islands

Medical
We are not a medical blog; do not take health advice from us.

Used in traditional Chinese medicine for sprains, pulled muscles, and muscle weakness (unknown efficacy).

Compiler Notes

• Included for distribution and purported application.

Image Refs

( https://agric4profits.com/25-medicinal-health-benefits-of-lycopodium-japonicum-japanese-clubmoss/ )

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Genus: Huperzia
Family: Lycopodiaceae
Species: Huperzia selago
Names: 

• Firmoss
• Cloth of Gold
• Club Nose
• Fir Clubmoss
• Fir Club-Moss
• Mountain Club-Moss
• Northern Fir-Moss
• Golden Herb
• Granbafs [Swedish]
• Granmossa [Swedish]
• Lopushanka [Russian]
• Lusegras [Norwegian]
• Lycopode Dressé [French]
• Lycopode Sélagine [French]
• Myrlyng [Norwegian]
• Plawun Widlak [Polish]
• Tannen-Bärlapp [German]
• Tannenbärlapp [German]
• Voldkarse [Danish]

Huperzia selago near Rosenegger Alm, Upper Austria, Austria.
User:Tigerente - Own work

Distribution: Circumpolar, including temperate mountains in Tropical regions (Asia)

• Africa, Eastern: Madagascar, Réunion
  
• America, North: Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Labrador, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Québec, Saskatchewan, Yukon), United States (Alaska, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont, Wisconsin)
  
• Asia, Central: Kazakhstan, Mongolia
  
• Asia, East: China (Xinjiang), Japan, Korea
  
• Asia, Northern: Russia (Altay, Buryatiya, Central European Russia, Chita, East European Russia, Irkutsk, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Primorye, Sakhalin, Tuva, West Siberia, Yakutskiya)
  
• Europe, Central: Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland
  
• Europe, Eastern: Belarus, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine
  
• Europe, Northern: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden
  
• Europe, Southern: Albania, Italy (Sicily), North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain
  
• Europe, Western: Belgium, France, Ireland, Netherlands, England, Scotland

Biome: Alpine, Arctic, and Temperate.

Physical Description
This genus is differentiated from Lycopodium by virtue of its undifferentiated sporangial leaves. Named for their superficial resemblance to [fir trees], these vascular plants produce upright, round shoots with unranked scale leaves.

Huperzia selago is small, sturdy, and stiff, growing 5-20cm (1.9-7.8in) in height with dense scale-leaves that grow in a dense spiral from the stem. Evergreen and perennial. It spores from June to September. In Europe, it grows from Svalbard in Norway to the mountains of Northern Italy and Spain.

Symbolism
Much the same as Lycopodium.

Culture
Like Lycopodium, the spores of Huperzia may also be used for flash powder.

Magic
Skinner identifies this as the “golden herb” or “cloth of gold” employed by druids as protection against supernatural creatures and black magic.

The process of attaining these plant virtues is tedious, insisting that one must be ritually hygienic by means of clean and bare feet and sacrificing bread and wine before harvest. A person so prepared may pick the moss with the right hand and, to gain its benefits, pass the plant through their left sleeve into a pouch of virgin cloth as a sachet-amulet.

Skinner identifies a more convoluted harvesting procedure. The virgin Druid priestesses of the Isle of Sein (Île de Sein), the Gallizenae, made offerings of selago to the goddess Ceridwen or used it to make poison for the Celtic warriors. To properly acquire the magical virtues of selago, a maiden must strip naked so that by the paleness of her skin, she might better personify the moon. She must avoid iron for the procedure, for if iron touches the selago it shall bring calamity. After finding the plant, she must draw a circle around it and, with a virgin white cloth thrown over her hand, cover the moss from sight and dig it up by the root with the tip or nail of her pinky finger.

Medical
We are not a medical blog; do not take health advice from us.

Native Americans of the Upper Tanana region of Alaska used a poultice of this plant to treat headaches.

In Finland, this plant was traditionally used to treat rickets and maggots. It was also used as an emetic.

Poison
Emetic alkaloid.

Compiler Notes

• We note that Skinner’s claims are suspect, as Ceridwen is a Welsh goddess. He identifies Ceridwen as the Celtic Isis. He may have reverse-engineered Ceridwen from his source, who identified the Druids of Sain as worshipping Isis, and he defaulted to his point of reference for the Celts: the Welsh.
• The convoluted nature of harvesting does not preclude harvesting without preparation; only that such profane harvesting yields no magical benefits. This suggests that the manner of harvesting is itself a spell to elevate the plant to the role of reagent. It is sacred by process.
• The Sain island maiden's covering of the harvesting hand suggests something intimate and sexual by requiring privacy, which provides a contrast with her idealized nudity in manifesting the moon goddess. The layering of this sexual read is perhaps impractically convoluted, but it seems the most sensible read for the dignity afforded the harvested selago.
• Convoluted harvesting procedures should be treated as a dimension of consideration for fantasy writers, as the harvesting method can contextualize the intended use and what has been embedded in the plants. A reagent so-set might be an excellent avenue for magical mishap, utilized by someone who has no idea of the manner of its harvesting.
• Harvesting procedures could also be employed as a feature of initiation. Outsiders who have their hands on the secret spellbooks of the magician or magical faction (say, a commune of witches) may not be able to successfully perform the magical rites because they do not know the necessary procedures for harvesting the reagents and other resources, the knowledge of which is the prerequisite for magical initiation.
• Using the plant to treat rickets (presuming validity) would suggest that it might be rich in Vitamin D or assist in Vitamin D absorption.
• “Maggot” is synonymous with “worm” and “larvae,” which are affiliated with spirits of disease and dwarves in Norse mythology. Presuming Skinner is relaying anything factual about the Druids’ belief in the plant’s virtues, the use of the plant to treat maggoty infestation of the flesh may have inspired its magical associations or vice-versa.

Image Refs

( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huperzia_selago#/media/File:Huperzia_selago.jpg )

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Species: Huperzia serrata
Names: 

• Chinese Club Moss
• Firmoss
• Jin Bu Huan [Chinese]
• Qian Ceng Ta [Chinese]
• Shan Zhi [Chinese]
• She Zu Cao [Chinese]
• Shi Song [Chinese]
• Thousand Layer Pagoda
• Toothed Clubmoss

Huperzia serrata (syn. Lycopodium serratum) Japanese name; Tougesiba.
Keisotyo.

Distribution: 

• America, North: Mexico (Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest), United States (Hawaii)
  
• Asia, East: Japan, Korea
  
• Asia, Northern: Russia (Khabarovsk, Kuril Is., Primorye, Sakhalin)
  
• Caribbean: Cuba, Haiti

Compiler Notes

• Retained for names and distribution.

Image Refs

( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huperzia_serrata#/media/File:Lycopodium_serratum_tougesiba01.jpg )

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QUILLWORT

Order: Isoetales
Family: Isoetaceae
Genus: Isoetes
Names: 

• Quillwort
• Brasenurt [Danish]
• Brassenfarn [German]
• Braxengräs [Swedish]
• Lahnaruoho [Finnish]
• Merlin's Grass
• Søpryd [Norwegian]

Isoetes tegetiformans, with US penny for scale.

Distribution: Cosmopolitan; found everywhere but individual species being scarce.
Biome: Aquatic, semi-aquatic.

Physical Description
A genus of aquatic and semi-aquatic lycopods found in ponds, slow-moving streams, and occasionally wet ground that dries out in summer. They are hollow and quill-like in shape, with leaves generally ranging from 2-20 cm (0.8-8 in) and 0.5-3 mm wide, with exceptional examples being up to 100 cm (40 in) in length. They come in evergreen, winter deciduous, and dry-season deciduous varieties.

Compiler Notes

• Possible to play on the relationship between “quill” as from a hedgehog/porcupine/prickly plants and the writing quill.
• Certain species are referred to as “Merlin’s grass.” Consider generalizing or substituting in-setting magicians.
• Further retained for name and distribution.

Image Refs

( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Isoetes_tegetiformans.jpg )

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Species: Isoetes histrix
Names: 

• Land Quillwort
• Atlantic Quillwort
• Brongniart's Quillwort
• Dwarf Quillwort
• Epineux [French]
• Mediterranean Quillwort
• Pigmæbrasenurt [Danish]
• Porcupine Quillwort
• Spiny Quillwort
• Taggig Braxengräs [Swedish]
• Terrestrial Quillwort

Isoète épineux (Isoetes histrix).
Peter de Lange.

Distribution: Mediterranean region.

• Africa, Northern: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
  
• Asia, West: Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
• Europe, Southern: Greece (including Crete), Italy (including Sardinia, Sicily), North Macedonia, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain (including Balearic Islands)
  
• Europe, Western: France (including Corsica), England, Scotland
  

Biome: Aquatic, Temporary wet environments/vernal pools.

Physical Description
Leaves 3-8 cm long, summer deciduous. Usually, it has large black scales between the bases of the leaves (corms).

Compiler Notes

• Vernal pools are possible doorways to seasonal faerie worlds. The condition of this quillwort could be a signifier, possibly the condition of the black scales.

Image Refs

( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isoetes_histrix#/media/File:Isoetes_histrix.jpg )

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Species: Isoetes lacustris
Names: 

• Lake Quillwort
• Alambrasilha [Portuguese]
• Brasenurt [Danish]
• Common Quillwort
• Dybvandsbregne [Danish]
• Merlin's Grass
• Sortbregne [Danish]
• Stiff Quillwort
• Styvt Braxengräs [Swedish]
• Tarn Quillwort
• Tummelisa [Swedish]
• Vesiloikko [Finnish]

Isoetes lacustris, Lac du Boucher (43), 01/06/2022.
Gilbert Billard.

Distribution: Boreal, both sides of the Atlantic;

• America, North: Canada (Labrador, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Québec, Saskatchewan), United States (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin)
• Asia, Northern: Russia (Altay, Central European Russia, East European Russia, Irkutsk, North European Russia, West Siberia)
• Europe, Central: Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland
• Europe, Eastern: Bulgaria
• Europe, Northern: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden
• Europe, Southern: Spain
• Europe, Western: Belgium, France, Ireland, Netherlands, England, Scotland
  

Biome: Aquatic, Acidic ponds and mountain lakes (tarns).

Physical Description
Long, narrow leaves 8-20 cm and 0.5-2mm broad, with broad corms. Does not have proper roots, but leaves on the bottom of the corm that serve a similar function. Perennial, with new flushes of leaves in spring and autumn.

Prefers slightly acidic ponds and tarns, between 5-460 cm (0.05-4.6 m) in depth.

Compiler Notes

• Considered synonymous with Isoetes hieroglyphica. Unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be a way to make the connection to exploit this scientific name.
• See notes on “Merlin’s grass” in the above entry.

Image Refs

( https://bioobs.fr/blog/fiche-espece/?id_espece=2077 )

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Species: Isoetes sinensis
Names: 

• Chinese Quillwort
• Dong Yong Zi Cai [Chinese]
• Sina Lahnaruoho [Finnish]
• Xian Ning Shui Zi Cai [Chinese] 

Isoetes sinensis

Distribution:

• Asia, East: China (China Southeast), Japan, Korea
  

Biome: Aquatic, Swamps.

Compiler Notes

• Retained for name and distribution.

Image Refs

( https://www.alamy.com/isoetes-sinensis-tc-palmer-isoetes-sinensis-tc-palmer-image362466752.html )

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SPIKEMOSS

Order: Selaginellales
Family: Selaginellaceae
Genus: Selaginella
Names: 

• Spikemoss
• Coral Moss
• Dværgulvefod [Danish]
• Kryptogräs [Swedish]
• Lesser Clubmoss
• Little Club Moss
• Lommemose [Norwegian]
• Mosslummerväxter [Swedish]
• Mosslycopodium [Latin]
• Mossslägtet [Swedish]
• Pikkusammallaji [Finnish]
• Resurrection Plant
• Rock Spike-Moss
• Selaginelle [French]

Selaginella bryopteris, Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid, Spain.
L. Fdez. - Own work.

Distribution: Mostly tropical, occasionally arctic-alpine in both hemispheres, occasionally deserts.

Physical Description
Distinguished from clubmosses by their scale leaves with a ligule (tongue-like projection at the leaf junction), as well as producing two different kinds of spores corresponding to the male and female gametes (heterospory).

Symbolism

Resurrection Plant
Desert Selaginella species fall under the “resurrection plant” label because they roll up tight as they desiccate in the desert sun and heat, turning into a brownish-red ball, only to uncurl and turn green again in the presence of moisture.

Compiler Notes

• We have highlighted only one species of many available in this genus that have any significant information to contribute: Selanginella bryopteris. Any other potentially useful in our cursory research looked to be New World plants; hence, they were not in our realm of interest.
• Otherwise retained for name and distribution.

Image Refs

( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selaginella#/media/File:Selaginella-sp.jpg )

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Species: Selaginella bryopteris
Names: 

• Sanjeevani [Hindi/Marathi/Sanskrit]
• Habb-e-Hayat [Urdu]
• Jeevani [Kannada/Malayalam/Tamil/Telugu]
• Sanjivini
• Sanjivini Booti

Selanginella bryopteris

Distribution: 

• Asia, South: India (Assam, East Himalaya, West Himalaya), Nepal
  

Biome: Tropical hills/mountains. 

Magic

Sanjeevani
A candidate for the legendary medicinal herb in the Ramayana, the” one that infuses life” (sanjeevani). 

Medical
We are not a medical blog; do not take health advice from us.

Used to treat these conditions (scientific validation pending):

• Heat Stroke
• Dysuria
• Irregular Menstruation
• Jaundice

Sanjivini Powder
The powder of this spikemoss is used as an inhalant to bring people out of comas.

Compiler Notes

• Sanjeevani/sanjivini would be an excellent name for a physician, a body of medical texts, or a place of healing.
• Spikemoss powder can be handy for breaking people out of comas, enchantments, mesmerism, or other stupefied states. It could be a key ingredient in status effect items for an RPG setting.
• Expand on the “one that gives life” idea and find new ways to apply the herb in ways both pure and profane.

Image Refs

( https://www.dreamstime.com/green-leaf-selaginella-bryopteris-tree-thriving-lithophytic-plant-native-to-india-used-medicinally-one-image143661649 )

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See Also:

Prestigious Plants

• Plants
• Flowers
• Trees
• Ferns
• Moss and Lichen [Pending]
• Fungi [Pending]
• Cladistic Index
• Herbal Medicine [Pending]
• Resin, Incense, Balsam, and Lacquer [Pending]

Clear Cosmology

• Fire [Pending]

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Sources: 

-Apelian, Nicole, and Claude Davis. The Lost Book of Herbal Remedies : The Healing Power of Plant Medicine. 2021.

-Skinner, Charles M. “Myths and Legends of Flowers, Trees, Fruits, and Plants : In All Ages and in All Climes : Skinner, Charles M. (Charles Montgomery), 1852-1907 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming.” Internet Archive, Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott Co., 1 Jan. 1970, https://archive.org/details/mythslegendsoffl00skin. 

( https://powo.science.kew.org )
( https://www.secretflowerlanguage.com/ )
( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Ele_de_Sein )
( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huperzia )
( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huperzia_selago )
( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huperzia_serrata )
( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isoetaceae )
( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isoetales )
( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isoetes )
( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isoetes_histrix )
( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isoetes_lacustris )
( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isoetes_sinensis )
( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycopodiaceae )
( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycopodiopsida )
( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycopodium )
( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycopodium_clavatum )
( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycopodium_japonicum )
( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycopodium_powder )
( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selaginella )
( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selaginella_bryopteris )

Name assistance provided by Claude 3.5 Sonnet.