Photo: Equisetum arvense w 0.

Making a horsetail decoction: boiled greens, a glass of the resulting decoction, and a green twig for decoration. Helsinki, Finland. Processed. 2003-05-30.

Equisetum arvense L.
Engl.: field horsetail, common horsetail, corn horsetail, horsetail, horsetail grass, horsetail weed, shave grass.
Deu.: Acker-Schachtelhalm, Scheuerkraut, Zinnkraut.
Suom.: peltokorte.
Sven.: åkerfräken, rävrumpa, vanlig åkerfräken.
Ital.: equiseto.
Bot. syn.: Equisetum calderi Boivin