se·lag·i·nel·la 
(sə-lăj′ə-nĕlə)
(sə-lăj′ə-nĕlə)n.
Any of numerous often creeping or prostrate vascular plants of the genus Selaginella that bear spores, have small scalelike leaves, and are closely related to the club mosses. Also called spikemoss.
[New Latin Selāginella, genus name, from Latin selāgō, selāgin-, a plant resembling savin, probably a kind of club moss or selaginella.]