Equisetum arvense --- Common Horsetail --- Equisetaceae
Aerial, vegetative shoot, with numerous, whorled lateral branches
arising from nodes.
Equisetum arvense --- Common Horsetail --- Equisetaceae
Close-up of major aerial shoot, showing whorl of laterally connate
leaves and lateral branches.
Equisetum arvense --- Common Horsetail --- Equisetaceae
Aerial reproductive shoot, which is non-photosynthetic and lacks
lateral branches.
Equisetum arvense --- Common Horsetail --- Equisetaceae
Close-up of cone (strobilus) of reproductive shoot.
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