| Family | Lycopodiaceae |
| Scientific name | Lycopodium clavatum L. |
| Synonyms | Copodium oxynemum Rafinesque; Lepidotis clavata (L.) P. Beauvois; Lycopodium clavatum L. var. laurentianum Victorin; Lycopodium clavatum L. var. preslianum Spring; Lycopodium clavatum L. var. subremotum Victorin; Lycopodium divaricatum Wallich ex Hooker & Greville; Lycopodium japonicum Thunberg; Lycopodium kinabaluense Ching; Lycopodium officinale Necker; Lycopodium preslii Greville & Hooker; Lycopodium serpens C. Presl; Lycopodium tamariscispica Cesati; Lycopodium torridum Gaudichaud-Beaupré; Urostachys plutonis Herter |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) hikage-no-kazura [shade vine] |
| (English common name) running ground pine, running clubmoss, stag's-horn clubmoss | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
| (Other nations) worldwide | |
| Chromosomal number | 2n= 68, 102, 136 |
| Description | Strobiles 2-10cm. Terrestrial. Evergreen. |
| Reference | Lycopodium clavatum Linnaeus |
| Lycopodium clavatum L. | |
| Lycopodium clavatum | |
| Encapsulation process utilizing microorganisms and products produced thereby (US Patent 4001480/1977) | |
| Wart treatment (US Patent 5006338/1991) | |
| Sore throat spray (US Patent 6159473/2000) | |
| Hygienic bag and preparation thereof (US Patent 6123946/2000) | |
| Herbal chinese joint complex (US Patent 6350476/2002) | |
| Process of powder for bath from natural plants (US Patent 6541163/2003) | |
| Heavy metal phytoremediation (US Patent 6576816/2003) | |
| Trace element phytoremediation (US Patent 6974896/2005) | |
| Composition for symptomatic relief of vaginitis (US Patent 7147860/2006) | |
| Cosmetic (Japanese Patent JP59116208/1984) | |
| Compositions for treating back and leg discomfort containing herbals and/or nutritional supplements and/or minerals and/or vitamins (WIPO Patent WO/2001/091771) | |
| Methods and composition for treating sore throat (WIPO Patent WO/2007/110871) |
| April 2006 at mountane forest in Kyushu |
April 2006 at mountane forest in Kyushu |
April 2006 at mountane forest in Kyushu |