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Ornamental- It is grown as an ornamental plant in gardens and is also used in landscaping.
Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan
Thrives in disturbed areas, along roadsides, from sea level to an elevation of 3400 m.
It is small to medium-sized perennial herb with creeping or upright rhizomes.
Stem is erect reaching 10-30 cm (occasionally up to 70 cm) tall and 0.1-0.2 cm thick. Green internodes, 1.5-6 cm long, often with blackish brown lower sections. Stem is ribbed and branched.
Leaves are reduced to scale-like sheaths at stem nodes. Sheaths are grayish-green to blackish-brown, with 5-10 pointed teeth.
Spore-producing structure called a strobilus, located at the tip of a stem. Strobilus is cylindrical, 1-9 cm long and 0.4-0.8 cm thick.
Spores released from the strobilus.