Horsetail

Of fern ally and Equisetum.

Perennial rushlike flowerless herbs with jointed hollow stems and narrow toothlike leaves that spread by creeping rhizomes; tend to become weedy; common in northern hemisphere; some in Africa and South America.

This concept's ID is @1~66107

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  • cone 3 facts

    Cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts.

  • variegated horsetail 0 facts

    Northern North America; Greenland; northern and central Europe.

  • wood horsetail 0 facts

    Eurasia except southern Russia; northern North America.

  • swamp horsetail 0 facts

    Eurasia; northern North America to Virginia.

  • common horsetail 0 facts

    Of Eurasia and Greenland and North America.

  • marsh horsetail 0 facts

    Scouring-rush horsetail widely distributed in wet or boggy areas of northern he...

  • scouring rush 0 facts

    Evergreen erect horsetail with rough-edged stems; formerly used for scouring uten...