Equisetum hyemale

Equisetum hyemale L. Engl.: scouring rush, scouringrush horsetail, common scouring-rush, rough horsetail, shavegrass. Deu.: Winter-Schachtelhalm. Suom.: kangaskorte. Sven.: skavfräken, skurfräken, skäfte. Bot. syn.: Equisetum affine Engelm., Equisetum praealtum Raf., Equisetum robustum A. Braun, Hippochaete hyemalis (L.) Bruhin.

Photo: Equisetum hyemale 3.

Photo: Equisetum hyemale 3. Plants. Tokyo bot.g., Japan. Planted. 2008-06-10.

Photo: Equisetum hyemale 2.

Photo: Equisetum hyemale 2. Stems. Tokyo bot.g., Japan. Planted. 2008-06-10.

Equisetum.

Classic texts: Scudder's Materia Medica, 1898: Diuretics.

Equisetum.

Classic texts: USDisp 1918.

Equisetum.

Classic texts: Felter 1922.

Photo: Equisetum hyemale.

Photo: Equisetum hyemale. Look, Ma, no branches! Chiricahuas, AZ, US. Wild. 1998-04-01.

Photo: Equisetum hyemale 1.

Photo: Equisetum hyemale 1. Closeup of branchless stalks. Chiricahuas, AZ, US. Wild. 1998-04-01.