Equisetum variegatum

Schleicher ex F. Weber & D. Mohr

Bot. Taschenb. 60, 447. 1807.

Common names: Variegated scouring rush prêle panachée
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Aerial stems persisting more than a year, unbranched, 6–55 cm; lines of stomates single; ridges 3–12. Sheaths green with black apical band, spreading, 1–6 × 1–5 mm; teeth 3–14, not articulate. Cone apex pointed; spores green, spheric. 2n =216.

Distribution

Alta., B.C., Man., N.B., N.W.T., Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.), Ont., P.E.I., Que., Sask., Yukon, Colo., Conn., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Maine, Mass., Mich., Minn., Mont., N.H., N.Y., Oreg., S.Dak., Utah, Vt., Wash., Wis., Wyo., Europe, Asia

Discussion

Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Key

1 Sheath teeth erect, with prominent white margins. Equisetum variegatum subsp. variegatum
1 Sheath teeth incurved, with obscure margins or all black. Equisetum variegatum subsp. alaskanum
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Richard L. Hauke +
Schleicher ex F. Weber & D. Mohr +
Variegated scouring rush +  and prêle panachée +
rounded +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, N.B. +, N.W.T. +, Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.) +, Ont. +, P.E.I. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Yukon +, Colo. +, Conn. +, Idaho +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Maine +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Mont. +, N.H. +, N.Y. +, Oreg. +, S.Dak. +, Utah +, Vt. +, Wash. +, Wis. +, Wyo. +, Europe +  and Asia +
male +  and unisexual +
smaller than female +
distinct +
Bot. Taschenb. +
3 +  and 12 +
spheric +
persisting +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (55 cm550 mm <br />0.55 m <br />) +
in bands +  and scattered +
Equisetum variegatum +
Equisetum subg. Equisetum +
species +
toothlike +
not articulate +