Equisetum telmateia Ehrh.

English: Giant horsetail

German: Riesenschachtelhalm

Portuguese: Rabo-de-Asno

Kingdom: Plantae (2597)

  Phylum: Equisetophyta (2)

    Class: Equisetopsida (2)

      Order: Equisetales (2)

        Family: Equisetaceae (2)

          Genus: Equisetum (2)

            Epithet: telmateia Ehrh. (1)

Synonym: Equisetum majus Garsault

majus => large, big

telmateia => swamp or mud, wet habitat

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Check for Equisetum telmateia at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [541] Equisetum telmateia - Plants For A Future database

• [32] Jahns,M.J. (1995): Farne, Mose, Flechten Mittel-, Nord- und Westeuropas. BLV, Munich, Germany.