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

[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
- Allostelites arvensis (L.) Börner
- Equisetum alpestre (Wahlenb.) Landolt
- Equisetum arvense f. alpestre (Wahlenb.) Döll
- Equisetum arvense var. alpestre Wahlenb.
- Equisetum arvense var. arcticum Rupr.
- Equisetum arvense f. arcticum (Rupr.) M.Broun
- Equisetum arvense f. atratidens Lepage
- Equisetum arvense subsp. boreale (Bong.) Tolm.
- Equisetum arvense f. caespitosum J.Rousseau
- Equisetum arvense var. campestre (Schultz) Rupr.
- Equisetum arvense var. decumbens Döll
- Equisetum arvense f. decumbens W.D.J.Koch
- Equisetum arvense subvar. decumbens G.Mey.
- Equisetum arvense f. diffusum (A.A.Eaton) Clute
- Equisetum arvense var. diffusum A.A.Eaton
- Equisetum arvense var. frondescens Döll
- Equisetum arvense var. granulatum G.Lawson
- Equisetum arvense f. microstachyum A.A.Eaton
- Equisetum arvense f. nanum (A.Braun ex Döll) M.Broun
- Equisetum arvense var. nanum A.Braun ex Döll
- Equisetum arvense f. nemorosum A.Braun ex Döll
- Equisetum arvense var. nemorosum (A.Braun ex Döll) A.Braun & Engelm.
- Equisetum arvense var. nudum Milde ex Farw.
- Equisetum arvense var. polystachyon A.A.Eaton
- Equisetum arvense f. polystachyon (A.A.Eaton) M.Broun
- Equisetum arvense f. proliferum (Luerss.) M.Broun
- Equisetum arvense var. proliferum (Luerss.) Farw.
- Equisetum arvense monstr. proliferum Luerss.
- Equisetum arvense f. pseudoalpestre Vict.
- Equisetum arvense f. pseudonemorosum B.Boivin
- Equisetum arvense f. pseudovarium Vict.
- Equisetum arvense f. ramulosum (Rupr.) Klinge ex Scoggan
- Equisetum arvense subsp. ramulosum (Rupr.) W.F.Rapp
- Equisetum arvense var. riparium (Fr.) Milde
- Equisetum arvense var. triangulare Waters
- Equisetum boreale Bong.
- Equisetum calderi B.Boivin
- Equisetum pratense var. ramulosum Rupr.
- Equisetum riparium Fr.
- Equisetum saxicola Suksd.
Equisetum arvense L. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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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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- Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
- Cody, W.J. (2000). Flora of the Yukon territory: 1-669. NRC Research Press.
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- Zhao, Y.Z., Zhao, L.Q. & Cao, R. (eds.) in Zhao, Y.Z., Zhao, L.Q. & Rui, C. (eds.) (2019). Flora Intramongolica, edition 3, 1: 1-779. Typis Intramongolicae popularis, Huhhot.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
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- Cody, W.J. (2000). Flora of the Yukon territory: 1-669. NRC Research Press.
- Kharkevich, S.S. (ed.) (1987). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 2: 1-448. Nauka, Leningrad.
- Tolmachev, A.I. in Tolmachev, A.I. (1960). Polypodiaceae-Butomaceae Arkticheskaia Flora SSSR 1: 1-102. Izd-vo Akademii nauk SSSR.
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