horsetail, marestail., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
Flora
Entry for EQUISETUM ramosissimum Desf. [family EQUISETACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
EQUISETUM ramosissimumDesf. [family EQUISETACEAE], (1799). Fig. 2 C.
Information
Stem to 1(–2) m tall, freely branched, with 8–20 grooves. Sheaths green, becoming brown with a dark band at the bottom; teeth as many as grooves, dark. Branches hollow. Cone 6–18 mm long.
Range
N1, 2 widespread in Europe, Asia and Africa.
Altitude range
c. 1250–1700 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA McKinnon S/272; Newbould 909; Cole s.n.
Distribution (external)
Ethiopia
Notes
The Somali material belongs to subsp. ramosissimum.
