Equisetaceae
Rough horsetail
Equisetum hyemale
- Family
- Equisetaceae
- Genus
- Equisetum
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Common names
By language (32)
- Arabic
- كنباث شتوي
- arz
- كنباث شتوى
- Asturian
- Escobín
- Azerbaijani
- Qışlayan qatırquyruğu
- Chinese
- 木賊, 木贼
- csb
- Zëmòwô chòszczka
- Czech
- Přeslička zimní
- Danish
- Skavgræs
- Dutch
- Schaafstro
- English
- Rough horsetail, Scouringrush horsetail
- Estonian
- Raudosi
- Finnish
- Kangaskorte
- French
- Jonc hollandais, Prêle d'hiver, Prêle dhiver, Prêle à polir
- German
- Winter-Schachtelhalm, Winterschachtelhalm
- Hungarian
- Téli zsurló
- Icelandic
- Eski
- Irish
- Bioróg
- Japanese
- トクサ, とくさ, ラフ・ホーステイル, ラフ・ホーステール, 木賊, 砥草
- Korean
- 속새
- Latvian
- Ziemzaļā kosa
- Lithuanian
- Šiurkštusis asiūklis
- Macedonian
- Грубо коњско опавче
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Skavgras
- Persian
- دماسب خشن
- Polish
- Skrzyp zimowy
- Russian
- Хвощ зимующий, Хвощ зимний, Хвощ Комарова, Хвощевник зимующий
- sgs
- Esīs
- Slovenian
- Zimska preslica
- Swedish
- Skavfräken
- Ukrainian
- Хвощ зимовий
- vep
- Kiz'uhein
- Welsh
- Marchrawnen y gaeaf
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Equisetum
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- Water horsetailEquisetum fluviatileEquisetaceae
- Meadow horsetailEquisetum pratenseEquisetaceae
- Branched scouringrushEquisetum ramosissimumEquisetaceae
- Wood horsetailEquisetum sylvaticumEquisetaceae
- Variegated scouringrushEquisetum variegatumEquisetaceae
- Southern giant horsetailEquisetum giganteumEquisetaceae
- Dwarf scouringrushEquisetum scirpoidesEquisetaceae
- Mexican giant horsetailEquisetum myriochaetumEquisetaceae
- Equisetum bogotenseEquisetaceae
Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.