Equisetum diffusum
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The Himalayan horsetail (Equisetum diffusum) is a perennial
that averages at 10-25 inches. The Himalayas
plant is silica rich and has a rhizomatous stem. This shiny brown stem can have many small hair-like roots and may also grow tubers.
Perennial plant
A perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives for more than two years. The term is often used to differentiate a plant from shorter lived annuals and biennials. The term is sometimes misused by commercial gardeners or horticulturalists to describe only herbaceous perennials...
that averages at 10-25 inches. The Himalayas
Himalayas
The Himalaya Range or Himalaya Mountains Sanskrit: Devanagari: हिमालय, literally "abode of snow"), usually called the Himalayas or Himalaya for short, is a mountain range in Asia, separating the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau...
plant is silica rich and has a rhizomatous stem. This shiny brown stem can have many small hair-like roots and may also grow tubers.
External links
- http://florawww.eeb.uconn.edu/acc_num/200600019.html - binomial
- http://members.eunet.at/m.matus/Equisetum_diffusum.html - basic information on the Himalayan Horsetail.