Common Name: HORSETAIL FAMILY Habit: Perennial herb from rhizome. Stem: annual to perennial herb, generally erect, of 2 kinds (sterile, fertile) or not; internodes with lengthwise alternating ridges and grooves, hollow except at nodes, branches 0 or whorled, alternate leaves. Leaf: scale-like, whorled, fused into nodal sheath with as many teeth as leaves, generally not green. Sporangia: several on inner surface of peltate scales that are clustered into a terminal cone; spores of 1 kind, spheric, green, unmarked, with 4 strap-like appendages. Genera In Family: 1 genus, 15 species: worldwide except Australia, New Zealand. eFlora Treatment Author: Robert E. Preston & Richard L. Hauke Scientific Editor: Alan R. Smith, Thomas J. Rosatti.
Etymology: (Latin: horse, bristle, from roots of Equisetum fluviatile L.)
Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun
NATIVE Stem: annual (perennial herb in south), of 1 kind, 30--180 cm, green; sheath 6--15 mm, longer than wide, generally with 1 dark band at tip, teeth 10--26, generally deciduous; branches 0. Sporangia: cone tip rounded. Ecology: Moist, sandy or gravelly areas; Elevation: < 3000 m. Bioregional Distribution: NW, CaRH, SN (exc Teh), GV, CW (exc SCoRI), SW, GB (exc Wrn), D; Distribution Outside California: to British Columbia, eastern United States. Synonyms: Equisetum fontinale Copel.; Equisetum funstonii A.A. Eaton; Equisetum kansanum J.H. Schaffn. Jepson eFlora Author: Robert E. Preston & Richard L. Hauke Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange) Previous taxon: Equisetum hyemale subsp. affine Next taxon: Equisetum palustre
Botanical illustration including Equisetum laevigatum
Citation for this treatment: Robert E. Preston & Richard L. Hauke 2012, Equisetum laevigatum, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=24427, accessed on April 25, 2024.
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on April 25, 2024.
Geographic subdivisions for Equisetum laevigatum:
NW, CaRH, SN (exc Teh), GV, CW (exc SCoRI), SW, GB (exc Wrn), D
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