Equisetum hyemale | |
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Equisetum hyemale at Bærum near Oslo in Norway | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Subclass: | Equisetidae |
Order: | Equisetales |
Family: | Equisetaceae |
Genus: | Equisetum |
Subgenus: | E. subg. Hippochaete |
Species: | E. hyemale
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Binomial name | |
Equisetum hyemale | |
Synonyms | |
Hippochaete hyemalis (L.) Bruhin |
Equisetum hyemale (rough horsetail[2]) is an evergreen perennial herbaceous pteridophyte in the horsetail family Equisetaceae native to Eurasia and Greenland. It was formerly widely treated in a broader sense including a subspecies (subsp. affine) in North America, but this is now treated as a separate species, Equisetum praealtum.[3][4]