Polygonum equisetiforme Sm.

Horse-tail knotweed (en), Renouée à balais (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Polygonaceae > Polygonum

Characteristics

A herb. It lies along the ground and keeps growing from year to year.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.55 - 0.75
Mature height (meter) 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Chiefly ruderale. Gardens, bluffs, ditches, weed-infested and slightly saline places, pastures and wormwood steppes in irrigated areas. Waste areas and roadsides.
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It grows in Mediterranean climates. It can grow in salty soils. It can grow in arid places.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-10

Usage

The leaves are used as a condiment for tea. They are also used in relishes and chutneys.
Uses environmental use erosion control fixation of sand dunes food medicinal tea
Edible leaves seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 21 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Polygonum equisetiforme leaf picture by Maise Carreras (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Polygonum equisetiforme flower picture by Scott Crowley (cc-by-sa)
Polygonum equisetiforme flower picture by Ulrike Hahn (cc-by-sa)
Polygonum equisetiforme flower picture by Roufaida elghobashy Roufaida elghobashy (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Polygonum equisetiforme world distribution map, present in Anguilla, Cyprus, Algeria, Egypt, Spain, Georgia, Gibraltar, Greece, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Libya, Sri Lanka, Morocco, Malta, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Turkey, and Uzbekistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:695700-1
WFO ID wfo-0000489592
COL ID 4L9C6
BDTFX ID 79032
INPN ID 620299
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Synonyms

Polygonum equisetiforme