Smooth Horsetail
Equisetum laevigatumnative · Central Texas
Smooth Horsetail is a wildflower native to Central Texas that grows 5 ft tall. It wants full sun and low water. Blooms green in early spring.
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The facts
4 sources- Type
- Wildflower
- Sun
- Full sun (6–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- About 5 ft
- Bloom
- Early Spring · green
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
Where it grows
49 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).
Can you buy it?
Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.