Equisetaceae
Horsetail
Equisetum × litorale
- Family
- Equisetaceae
- Genus
- Equisetum
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Common names
By language (10)
- Catalan
- Prêle littorale
- Dutch
- Bastaardpaardenstaart
- English
- Horsetail, Shore horsetail, Littoral horsetail
- Estonian
- Kallasosi
- Finnish
- Rantakorte
- French
- Prêle littorale
- German
- Ufer-Schachtelhalm, Prêle littorale
- Lithuanian
- Prêle littorale
- Polish
- Skrzyp pośredni, Skrzyp przybrzeżny
- Swedish
- Prêle littorale
Synonyms
- Equisetum arvense f. inundatum (Lasch ex Rabenh.) Schur
- Equisetum arvense var. inundatum (Lasch ex Rabenh.) Rabenh.
- Equisetum hyemale var. elatius Milde
- Equisetum inundatum Lasch ex Rabenh.
- Equisetum kochianum Böckel
- Equisetum litorale f. arvensiforme (A.A.Eaton) Vict.
- Equisetum litorale f. formosum A.A.Eaton
- Equisetum litorale var. arvensiforme A.A.Eaton
- Equisetum litorale var. comosum Milde
- Equisetum litorale var. distachyum Milde
- Equisetum litorale var. furcatum Milde
- Equisetum litorale var. gracile Milde
- Equisetum litorale var. humile Milde
- Equisetum litorale var. pachystachyum Milde
- Equisetum litorale var. proliferum Milde
- Equisetum litorale var. spirale Milde
- Equisetum litorale var. tortuosum Milde
- Equisetum litorale var. vulgare Milde
- Equisetum littorale f. arvensiforme Vict.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Ryan Sorrells, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ashley Basil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thomas Gyselinck, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ashley Basil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matteo Marcandella, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Johan Sirnes, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thomas Gyselinck, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Johan Sirnes, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thomas Gyselinck, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Johan Sirnes, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michel Langeveld, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Naturalis Biodiversity Center herbarium: D.T.E. v.d. Ploeg, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms 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.