Selaginellaceae

Selaginellaceae Selaginella

Selaginella

nine dead rebirth grass, stone cypress, rock cypress grass, Selaginella jaundica

Distribution of Selaginella

distributed in China, Siberia of Russia, Korean Peninsula, Japan, India and Philippines. Most of them grow on sunny hillside rocks or in dry rock cracks. It is produced in most parts of China. The main products are Shandong, Liaoning and Hebei

Morphological characteristics of Selaginella

Selaginella Selaginella is a perennial herb with upright main stem and many fibrous roots on the stem; The upper part of the plant is in wheel clusters with many branches. The leaves are scaly and arranged in dense tile shape. The surface is green. There are colorless membranous edges on the edge of the leaves, and the tip is gradually pointed into colorless long awns. Monoecious, with irregular arrangement of spores, with 4 yellow megaspores and orange microsporangia

Growth habits of Selaginella

Selaginella Selaginella is also called nine dead soul returning grass because it can "die" and come back to life, which is its uniqueness. Its growth environment is very special. It can often be found in dry rock cracks or on barren rock slopes. When the water supply is sufficient, Selaginella Selaginella branches and leaves stretch and green after absorbing water. Once the water supply is lost, the branches and leaves will lose their green and curl up like dead. However, Selaginella Selaginella, with its unique survival skills of "living with water and" dying "without water, not only does it not die in drought, but it is passed down from generation to generation

Myths and legends of Selaginella

it is said that there is a kind of fairy grass that can bring back the dead on the Bank of Tianchi Lake on Kunlun mountain. One year, there was a great drought among the people, and the plague was prevalent, resulting in the death of many people. The dragon lady in Tianchi couldn't bear the disaster of the people and secretly brought the fairy grass to the world to treat the people. When the Dragon King knew about it, he angrily broke the dragon lady into the world. When the Dragon girl came to the world, she became a soul returning grass to save all living beings. Rebirth grass has strong vitality. It can still grow in water after drying. This kind of rebirth grass is Selaginella