Family:
Equisetaceae Rich. ex DC.
Genus:
Equisetum L.

Equisetum arvense L.

This species is accepted, and its native range is Subarctic & Temp. Northern Hemisphere. It is used as a poison and a medicine and for food.

[UPFC]
Conservation
IUCN Red List Assessment (2021): LC.

[UPFC]
Use Food
Used for food.
Use Materials
Used as material.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
Use Poisons
Poisons.

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Altay, Amur, Arizona, Arkansas, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, East European Russia, Finland, France, Føroyar, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., Labrador, Magadan, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Pennsylvania, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Qinghai, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Sicilia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russi, Spain, Svalbard, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tennessee, Texas, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon

Introduced into:

Bolivia, New South Wales, Victoria

Equisetum arvense L. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 31, 1978 Komarov, V.L. [87], Kamchatka K001057678 Yes
Edwards, P.J. [s.n.], United Kingdom 29047.770 No
Edwards, P.J., United Kingdom 29047.779 No
Edwards, P.J. [s.n.], United Kingdom 64480.000 No
Cope, T.A. [RBG 356], Great Britain K000914001 Yes
Christenhusz, M.J.M. [6735], Finland K000696324 No

First published in Sp. Pl.: 1061 (1753)

Accepted by

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Literature

Kew Backbone Distributions

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