| Family | Selaginellaceae |
| Scientific name | Selaginella tamariscina (Palisot de Beauvois) Spring |
| Synonyms | Lycopodioides tamariscina (Palisot de Beauvois) H. S. Kung; Lycopodium circinale Thunberg; Lycopodium tamariscinum (Palisot de Beauvois) Desvaux ex Poiret; Selaginella christii H. Léveillé; Selaginella convolvens Alderwerelt van Rosenburgh; Selaginella involvens (Swartz) Spring forma major Milde; Selaginella involvens (Swartz) Spring forma minor Milde; Selaginella involvens (Swartz) Spring var. veitchii (W. R. McNab) Baker; Selaginella japonica T. Moore ex W. R. McNab; Selaginella japonica Veitch; Selaginella leveillei Kümmerle; Selaginella veitchii W. R. McNab; Stachygynandrum tamariscinum Palisot de Beauvois |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) iwa-hiba [rock hiba (hiba = Thujopsis dolabrata)] |
| (English common name) resurrection fern | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
| (Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan, Mongolia, Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, India | |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=18, 20 |
| Description | Rhizoid 10-20cm. Evergreen. Epiphyte or lithophyte. |
| Reference | Selaginella tamariscina (P. Beauv.) Spring |
| Family Selaginellaceae, genus Selaginella; world species list. | |
| Composition for preventing or treating acute or chronic degenerative prain diseases including extract of Selaginella tamariscina Spring (WIPO Patent WO/2006/001664) | |
| Cosmetic composition and production thereof (US Patent 20060018867) | |
| Hair treatment composition and hair cosmetic for damaged hair (US Patent 20060165636) |
| October 2007 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
October 2007 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
October 2007 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |