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Polygonum equisetiforme - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Baiona, Alentejo, Portugal; 8/2007 © Jörn Germer

Polygonum equisetiforme - Flower side view - Click to enlarge!

Flower side view; Baiona, Alentejo, Portugal; 8/2007 © Jörn Germer

Polygonum equisetiforme - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Baiona, Alentejo, Portugal; 8/2007 © Jörn Germer

Polygonum equisetiforme - Leaf insertion - Click to enlarge!

Leaf insertion; Baiona, Alentejo, Portugal; 8/2007 © Jörn Germer

Polygonum equisetiforme - Branch - Click to enlarge!

Branch; Baiona, Alentejo, Portugal; 8/2007 © Jörn Germer

Polygonum equisetiforme - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Baiona, Alentejo, Portugal; 8/2007 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 712
Date of entry: 01.02.2008
Last update: 12.01.2020

Common name

English: Horsetail knotweed

German: Schachtelhalmartiger Knöterich

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Polygonales (29)

        Family: Polygonaceae (31)(family description)

          Genus: Polygonum (8)

            Epithet: equisetiforme Sibth. & Sm. (1)

equisetiforme => form as a horse tail

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: helophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: white

External links

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