Weeping Lycopodium

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Lecopodium weepingensis is a perennial herb. The fibrous roots are white, the main stem is upright, and there are secondary stolons at the base, 30 to 50 cm or longer. The leaves are sparse, arranged in a spiral shape, usually arched downwards, the side branches are multi-bifurcated, upright or drooping, the leaves on the branches are densely grown, linear and diamond-shaped, 2 to 3 mm long, entire edge, usually upwardly curved. The sporangium is solitary on the top of the branch, oblong or cylindrical, 8 to 20 mm long, yellowish, and often drooping; the sporangia are arranged in an imbricate shape, broad and oval, with a tapered apex and long eyelashes on the edge; the spores The capsule is round and grows in the leaf axils. The spores are tetrahedral and spherical, with reticulate patterns. Grows beside mountains and streams or on damp rocks in the shade of forests. Distributed in Zhejiang, Fujian, Taiwan and South and Southwest China. The whole plant of Lycopodium weepingensis is used as medicine and is called Padi centipede ("Fujian Folk Herbal Medicine").