The Himalayan horsetail (Equisetum diffusum) is a perennial that averages at 10–25 inches. The Himalayas plant is silica rich and has a rhizomatous stem. This shiny brown stem can have many small hair-like roots and may also grow tubers.

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Himalayan horsetail
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Subclass:	Equisetidae
Order:	Equisetales
Family:	Equisetaceae
Genus:	Equisetum
Subgenus:	E. subg. Equisetum
Species:	E. diffusum
Binomial name
Equisetum diffusum D.Don

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• Equisetum diffusum {Equisetaceae} Himalayan Horsetail at the University of Connecticut Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
• Equisetum diffusum D.Don in Ferns of Thailand, Laos and Cambodia at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
• Equisetum diffusum D.Don - basic information on the Himalayan Horsetail at the World of Equisetum

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