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Selaginella eurynota
Tier 2 Difficulty: hard Water: high Light: full_shade
Temperature
20–37 °C
Soil pH
6–7
Hardiness
Zone 10–12
Click count
25
Observations
20
Care Guide
💧 Water
☀️ Light Full shade
Selaginella eurynota is native to habitats such as forest understories or rocky areas that provide natural shade. Its preferred light condition is Full Shade, though it can tolerate Partial Sun.
Ideal: Full shade
🌡️ Temperature 20–37.8°C
Selaginella eurynota comes from tropical areas, where the climate is generally warm and humid. Consequently, it is well suited to high temperatures and moisture. It does not tolerate sudden temperature changes and prefers a consistent temperature environment, so avoiding temperature fluctuations indoors is important. It typically cannot endure cold temperatures and needs higher temperatures to grow. If the surrounding temperature falls too low, the plant may stop growing or even die.
Ideal temperature: 20–37.8°C
💨 Humidity
Humidity:
🪴 Soil 6-7
Soil pH: 6-7
🌱 Fertilizer
🪴 Pot & Repot
✂️ Pruning
🌿 Propagating
🐛 Diseases & pets
☠️ Toxicity
Characteristics
- Plant Type
- Fern
- Life Cycle
- Perennial
- Genus
- Selaginella
- Family
- Selaginellaceae
- Hardiness Zone
- 10-12
- Mature Height
- 10 cm to 20 cm
- Mature Spread
- 15 cm to 30 cm
- Leaf Color
- Green, Dark Green
- Leaf Type
- Evergreen
- Planting Time
- Spring, Autumn
- Native Area
- Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama