Biology:Equisetum diffusum

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Short description: Species of vascular plant in the horsetail family Equisetaceae

Himalayan horsetail
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Subclass: Equisetidae
Order: Equisetales
Family: Equisetaceae
Genus: Equisetum
Subgenus: E. subg. Equisetum
Species:
E. diffusum
Binomial name
Equisetum diffusum
D.Don

The Himalayan horsetail (Equisetum diffusum) is a perennial that averages at 10–25 inches. The Himalayas plant is silica rich and has a rhizomatous stem. This shiny brown stem can have many small hair-like roots and may also grow tubers.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5384605 entry