Patagonia Wildflowers
Wildflower Identification
Website
Search for wildflowers by location,
color, shape and time
Click here for
Instructions
Español
Login
Andean horsetail
Equisetum bogotense
Equisetum bogotense
Andean horsetail horsetails
Equisetum bogotense Equisetaceae
--show more--
English common name
  •Andean horsetail
Spanish common names
  •cola de caballo
  •limpiaplata
  •hierba del platero
  •limpia plata
common name
  •cola de caballo
accepted scientific name
  •Equisetum bogotense Kunth
rules for finding collection records
  •Equisetum bogotense (180)
family name
  • Equisetaceae
Image Author: ©2014 Patricio Novoa Quezada, Germaine A. Parada
Image License: CC BY-NC-SA
Image Source Image Source
Category: Fern-like Plants
Fern Category: Horsetail
Plant Observed last week of August thru 3rd week of June

How Likely at this Location (30%)
Name Match (100%)
Plant Showiness (27%)
base map where plant found
mag select

Riparian
Brush
Rocky
Forest
Disturbed
Desert
grid lines base