Literature for Lycopodium venustulum var. verticale Palmer, 2003. Literature for Lycopodium venustulum Palmer, 2003. Literature for Lycopodium venustulum var. venustulum Palmer, 2003.
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Lycopodium venustulum

General Information
Distribution	Hawaiian Islands, Society Islands, Samoa, and Rapa.
Habit	Plants trailing on ground; horizontal stems creeping, unequally forked, resulting in creeping, horizontal stems and upright stems with branches arising at about 45° angle, with one form with strictly upright branches arising at acute angles from stem, forming a dense, columnar, tightly packed cluster with nearly straight, overlapping leaves.
Leaves	Sterile leaves on upright stems linear, needlelike, 4-6.5 mm long, with hairlike tips, not overlapping; fertile leaves shorter and wider than sterile leaves, ovate-lanceolate, margins serrate to dentate, tips long, hairlike.
Sori	Strobili 3-6, 3-15 x 0.4-0.7 cm, on unequally 1- to 3-branched stalks, stalks 5-20 x 0.1-0.2 cm, leafless.
Notes	Latin venustus, lovely, beautiful, + ulus, a diminutive suffix.
Contributor	Sally Eichhorn