Equisetum bogotense Kunth

Species

Pteridophytes > Equisetales > Equisetaceae > Equisetum

Characteristics

A perennial herb. It grows 0.5m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality -
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Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.5
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Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

In soil or among rocks, in wet open places, including banks of creeks, rivers, and irrigation ditches in moist to wet seeps and clay road banks, at elevations from 100-4,200 metres, but most often above 2,000 metres.
Light -
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Alopecia (unspecified), Cancer(Liver) (unspecified), Collyrium (unspecified), Diabetes (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Dysentery (unspecified), Gonorrhea (unspecified), Hemorrhage (unspecified), Hemostat (unspecified), Liver (unspecified), Pyorrhea (unspecified), Styptic (unspecified), Ulcer (unspecified), Astringent (unspecified), Depurative (unspecified), Kidney (unspecified), Uterus (unspecified), Ovary (unspecified), Wound (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Images

Equisetum bogotense unspecified picture

Distribution

Equisetum bogotense world distribution map, present in Argentina, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:329489-2
WFO ID wfo-0001111454
COL ID 6FYFH
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Equisetum bogotense Equisetum rinihuense Equisetum bogotense var. flagelliforme Equisetum bogotense var. nudum