Native to Algeria, Azores, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Greece, Kazakhstan, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal, Sicilia, Sinai, Spain, Tadzhikistan, Tunisia, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Western Sahara; introduced into Great Britain (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
France, Paris (5th arrondissement. Jardin des Plantes)
Location Remarks
Place Valhubert, along Quai St-Bernard, 5th arrondissement
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Peru, Cusco, Calca (Jardin des Plantes)
-12.983889, -72.063333
Location Remarks
Place Valhubert, along Quai St-Bernard, 5th arrondissement
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Polygonaceae
Genus
Polygonum
Specific Epithet
equisetiforme
Authorship
Sm.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.4
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#252,147 of 335,497
Top 76%
Extinction probability
9%