Subspecies
Equisetum hyemale affine (Western scouringrush)
Equisetum hyemale affine. Photo: (c) Tony Frates, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
Equisetum hyemale, commonly known as rough horsetail, scouring rush, scouringrush horsetail and in South Africa as snake grass, is a perennial herb in the fern Division Pteridophyta. It is a native plant throughout the Holarctic Kingdom, found in North America, Europe, and northern Asia.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
- Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
- Class: Polypodiopsida (Ferns)
- Subclass: Equisetidae (Horsetails)
- Order: Equisetales (Horsetails)
- Family: Equisetaceae (Horsetail family)
- Genus: Equisetum (Horsetails)
- Subgenus: Hippochaete
- Species: Equisetum hyemale (Rough horsetail)
- Subspecies: Equisetum hyemale affine (Western scouringrush)
- Species: Equisetum hyemale (Rough horsetail)
- Subgenus: Hippochaete
- Genus: Equisetum (Horsetails)
- Family: Equisetaceae (Horsetail family)
- Order: Equisetales (Horsetails)
- Subclass: Equisetidae (Horsetails)
- Class: Polypodiopsida (Ferns)
- Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
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