Equisetum Sp. English: bottlebrush; horsetail; mare's tail; pewterwort; scouring rush; shavegrass. They are worldwide in distribution; however, no species have been recorded from Australia and New Zealand.
Equisetum is one of the herbal medications that has originated in Asia and is used extensively in Chinese medicine.
Equisetum X ferrissii Clute (pro sp.) Equisetum hyemale L. - horsetail, scouring horsetail, scouringrush, tall scouring-rush, western scouringrush, prêle d'hiver, scouringrush horsetail.
"Horsetails Equisetum grow in great thickets almost anywhere sufficiently close to water. Atas bawah bukan steril atau fertil. Horsetail, (genus Equisetum), fifteen species of rushlike conspicuously jointed perennial herbs, the only living genus of plants in the order Equisetales and the class Equisetopsida. ← Хвощ приречный - Equisetum fluviatile → Хвощ камышовый - Equisetum scirpoides.