Selaginella pulvinata

Description. Stems 2 - 15 (- 20) cm, many forming rosette at top of thick rootstock, branched from base. Main stems branched near and above base, primary branches pinnately branched, second branches 2 - 3 forked, stramineous or brown, main stem c. 1 mm in diam. at lower part. Axillary leaves ovate to triangular, c. 2.5 x 1 mm, base exauriculate, margin lacerate-ciliolate, apex acute. Ventral leaves ovate, 2.9 - 3.2 x 1.4 - 1.5 mm, rotundate-cordate at base, margin lacerate, apex acuminate. Dorsal leaves ovate, 2.8 - 3.1 x 0.9 - 1.2 mm, base truncate, entire to obscurely denticulate, posterior side thickened, apex aristate. Strobili solitary, terminal, compact, tetragonal, 7 - 15 (- 20) x 1.5 - 2 mm. Sporophylls monomorphic, ovate, at base cordate, margin slight denticulate, apex acuminate. Megaspores white-yellow, surface verrucate; microspores yellow, surface irregularly papillate.