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{{species infobox
|image=[[File:SMM-SMB-Bush-3.png|200x200px]]<br>Sprite from ''[[Super Mario Maker]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' ([[List of games by date#1985|1985]])
|latest_appearance=[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)]] ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
|derived_subjects=[[Pointey]]
}}
'''Horsetails''' appear as narratively important plants in the original ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' and as a cooking ingredient in the ''[[Paper Mario (series)|Paper Mario]]'' series. They have made occassional appearances on contexts alluding to the original ''Super Mario Bros.'', so as the ''Super Mario Bros.'' style in ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' or in the background of [[3DS Piranha Plant Slide|Piranha Plant Slide]] in ''[[Mario Kart 7]]''.

==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
[[File:SMB NES 2-1 Level Screenshot.png|thumb|left|Mario near two horsehair plants in [[World 2-1 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 2-1]] of ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'']]
According to the original manual for ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'', [[Bowser]] turned the citizens of the Mushroom Kingdom into horsetail plants and [[brick]]s. However, the English manual renders this as "'''field horsehair plants'''."<ref>[https://legendsoflocalization.com/super-mario-bros/manuals/#characters-enemies Legends of Localization] comparing the Japanese and North American storylines of ''Super Mario Bros.''</ref> They are the ovoid tree-like plants seen throughout the game<ref>{{cite|author=Sase, Shinji, [[Howard Phillips]], and Lynn Griffes, editors|title=''[[How to win at Super Mario Bros.]]''|format=U.S. Edition|date=1987|location=Redmond|publisher=Tokuma Shoten, [[Nintendo|Nintendo of America]]|isbn=4-19-720003-XC|page=6}}</ref> (specifically, Worlds [[World 2 (Super Mario Bros.)|2]], [[World 3 (Super Mario Bros.)|3]], [[World 5 (Super Mario Bros.)|5]], [[World 7 (Super Mario Bros.)|7]], and [[World 8 (Super Mario Bros.)|8]]), which come in two sizes, and depending on the level's palette, can be either green or white (in ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'', the white ones' appearance is due to snow), with both having a tan segmented stem. These plants are also seen in ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]'' (specifically, the odd-numbered and -lettered worlds), where they are now segmented themselves and have eyes; additionally, the ones in [[World A-1]] appear in orange (but not in ''All-Stars''). They also appear in several other games borrowing graphics from or basing certain stages on ''Super Mario Bros.''; for example, in ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'', horsetails occasionally pop up in the ground theme in the ''Super Mario Bros.'' style when placing ground tiles.

===''Paper Mario'' series===
{{PM item infobox
|image=[[File:Horsetail TTYD.png]] [[File:Horsetail SPM.png]] [[File:Horsetail PMTTYDNS icon.png|50px]]
|ttyd=A plant found in Petal Meadows. Replenishes 3 HP.
|spm=A spring reed that restores 7 HP and cures poison.
}}
====''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''====
In ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'', Horsetails are items that heal 3 [[Heart Point|HP]]. They are found in an area of [[Petal Meadows]]. Just before reaching the area with the bridge, coming from the [[Rogueport]] pipe, there is a [[Candy Pop]] that, when hit with a [[hammer]], sinks down and bounces back up. After hitting the cane 10 times, a Horsetail comes out. This can be done several times, after exiting and re-entering the area.

====''Super Paper Mario''====
In ''Super Paper Mario'', Horsetails are items that restore 7 HP and cures [[Poison (status effect)|poison]]. They are usually dropped by [[Putrid Piranha]]s. They can also be bought in the [[Itty Bits]] in [[The Dotwood Tree]] for 18 [[coin]]s.

===''Mario Kart'' series===
As part of the course's "retro" aesthetic, horsetails appear in the final turn of [[3DS Piranha Plant Slide|Piranha Plant Slide]] in ''[[Mario Kart 7]]''. They are replaced with standard trees in the course's reappearance in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'', though they return to the course in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''.

==Recipes==
===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''===
{|style="text-align:center; width:50%"class=wikitable
!width="75%"|Recipe
!width="25%"|Result
|-
|[[File:Horsetail PMTTYDNS icon.png|link=|25x25px]] '''Horsetail''' + {{PM item|game=TTYDNS|Turtley Leaf|size=25x25px}}
|{{PM item|game=TTYDNS|Healthy Salad|size=25x25px}}
|-
|[[File:Horsetail PMTTYDNS icon.png|link=|25x25px]] '''Horsetail''' + {{PM item|game=TTYDNS|Mystic Egg|size=25x25px}}
|{{PM item|game=TTYDNS|Omelette Meal|size=25x25px}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|[[File:Horsetail PMTTYDNS icon.png|link=|25x25px]] '''Horsetail''' + {{PM item|game=TTYDNS|Mushroom|size=25x25px}}
|rowspan=3|{{PM item|game=TTYDNS|Zess Dinner}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|[[File:Horsetail PMTTYDNS icon.png|link=|25x25px]] '''Horsetail''' + {{PM item|game=TTYDNS|Super Mushroom|size=25x25px}}
|-
|[[File:Horsetail PMTTYDNS icon.png|link=|25x25px]] '''Horsetail''' + {{PM item|game=TTYDNS|Life Mushroom|link=Life Mushroom (Paper Mario series)|size=25x25px}}
|-
|[[File:Horsetail PMTTYDNS icon.png|link=|25x25px]] '''Horsetail''' + {{PM item|game=TTYDNS|Ultra Mushroom|size=25x25px}}
|{{PM item|game=TTYDNS|Zess Special|size=25x25px}}
|}

===''Super Paper Mario''===
{|style="text-align:center; width:50%"class=wikitable
!width="75%"|Recipe
!width="25%"|Result
|-
|[[File:Horsetail SPM.png|link=|25x25px]] '''Horsetail'''
|{{PM item|game=SPM|Roast Horsetail|size=25x25px}}
|-
|[[File:Horsetail SPM.png|link=|25x25px]] '''Horsetail''' + {{PM item|game=SPM|Turtley Leaf|size=25x25px}}
|{{PM item|game=SPM|Koopa Pilaf|size=25x25px}}
|-
|[[File:Horsetail SPM.png|link=|25x25px]] '''Horsetail''' + {{PM item|game=SPM|Big Egg|size=25x25px}}
|{{PM item|game=SPM|Omelette Plate|link=Omelette Meal|size=25x25px}}
|-
|[[File:Horsetail SPM.png|link=|25x25px]] '''Horsetail''' + {{PM item|game=SPM|Cake Mix|size=25x25px}}
|{{PM item|game=SPM|Horsetail Tart|size=25x25px}}
|-
|[[File:Horsetail SPM.png|link=|25x25px]] '''Horsetail''' + {{PM item|game=SPM|Fresh Pasta Bunch|link=Fresh Pasta|size=25x25px}}
|{{PM item|game=SPM|Spaghetti Plate|link=Spaghetti|size=25x25px}}
|}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
SMB Green Horsetail Short.png|''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''
SMB Green Horsetail Tall.png|''Super Mario Bros.''
SMB White Horsetail Short.png|''Super Mario Bros.''
SMB White Horsetail Tall.png|''Super Mario Bros.''
SMB NES 2-1 Horsetail Screenshot.png|''Super Mario Bros.''
SMB NES World 5-2 Screenshot.png|''Super Mario Bros.''
HowToWin.png|''[[How to win at Super Mario Bros.]]''
SMBS PC-88 Horsetail Short.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. Special]]'' (PC-88)
SMBS PC-88 Horsetail Tall.png|''Super Mario Bros. Special'' (PC-88)
SMBS PC-88 Horsetail Short Alt.png|''Super Mario Bros. Special'' (PC-88)
SMBS PC-88 Horsetail Tall Alt.png|''Super Mario Bros. Special'' (PC-88)
SMBS Sharp X1 Green Horsetail Short.png|''Super Mario Bros. Special'' (Sharp X1)
SMBS Sharp X1 Green Horsetail Tall.png|''Super Mario Bros. Special'' (Sharp X1)
SMBS Sharp X1 White Horsetail Short.png|''Super Mario Bros. Special'' (Sharp X1)
SMBS Sharp X1 White Horsetail Tall.png|''Super Mario Bros. Special'' (Sharp X1)
SMBS6.png|''Super Mario Bros. Special'' (Sharp X1)
SMBLL Green Horsetail Short.png|''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]''
SMBLL Green Horsetail Tall.png|''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels''
SMBLL White Horsetail Short.png|''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels''
SMBLL White Horsetail Tall.png|''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels''
SMBLL Orange Horsetail Short.png|''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels''
SMBLL Orange Horsetail Tall.png|''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels''
SMBLL World 9-3 Horsetail Short.png|''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels''
SMBLL World 9-3 Horsetail Tall.png|''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels''
SMB2 Famicom Title Screen.png|''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels''
ANNSMB World 2-1 Screenshot.png|''[[All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros.]]''
SMAS SMB Green Horsetail Short.png|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' 
SMAS SMB Green Horsetail Tall.png|''Super Mario All-Stars'' 
SMAS SMB White Horsetail Short.png|''Super Mario All-Stars'' 
SMAS SMB White Horsetail Tall.png|''Super Mario All-Stars'' 
SMAS SMB World 8-3 Screenshot.png|''Super Mario All-Stars'' (''Super Mario Bros.'')
SMAS LL World 1-1 Screenshot.png|''Super Mario All-Stars'' (''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels'')
SMAS LL World 3-1 Screenshot.png|''Super Mario All-Stars'' (''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels'')
PPS2.png|''[[Mario Kart 7]]'', on [[Piranha Plant Slide]]
NESR2 Horsetail Short Snow.png|''[[NES Remix 2]]''
NESR2 Horsetail Tall Snow.png|''NES Remix 2''
SMM-SMB-Bush-2.png|''[[Super Mario Maker]]''
Dogville SMM.png|''Super Mario Maker''
GWSMB SleepModeArtwork Enemies.png|''[[Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros.]]''
MKT Horsetails.png|''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=つくし<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Bros.'' Japanese instruction booklet|page=4}}</ref>
|JpnR=Tsukushi
|JpnM=Horsetail
|Jpn2=つくしんぼ
|Jpn2N=''Paper Mario'' series
|Jpn2R=Tsukushinbo
|Jpn2M=From「{{hover|土筆|つくし}}」(''tsukushi'', "horsetail") and possibly the affectionate suffix「~んぼ」(''-nbo'')
|ChiS=马尾草
|ChiSR=Mǎwěi Cǎo
|ChiSM=Horsetail
|ChiT=馬尾草
|ChiTR=Mǎwěi Cǎo
|ChiTM=Horsetail
|Fre=Prêle
|FreM=Horsetail
|Ger=Wurzel
|GerM=Root
|Ita=Erba cavallina<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Bros.'' Italian instruction booklet|page=2}}</ref>
|ItaN=''Super Mario Bros.''
|ItaM=Horse grass
|Ita2=Coda cavallina
|Ita2N=''Paper Mario'' item
|Ita2M=Horsetail
|Kor=쇠뜨기
|KorR=Soetteugi
|KorM=Horsetail
|Spa=Cola de Caballo
|SpaM=Horsetail
}}

==References==
{{wikipedia|Equisetum|horsetails}}
<references/>

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