Family | EPHEDRACEAE |
Genus species | Ephedra intermedia Schrenk & C.A.Mey. |
Synonyms | Ephedra ferganensis V.A.Nikitin |
Ephedra microsperma V.A.Nikitin | |
Ephedra valida V.A.Nikitin | |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Altitude | 800-4600m |
Description | branchlets erect or procumbent, rigid, yellowish to blue-green, leaves membranous, sometimes 3-4 in whorls, male spikelets with 6-8 flowers |
Size | 30-100cm |
Color | yellowish |
Bloom | early summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring layering in spring |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Siberia (Altay , West Siberia ) Middle Asia (Kazakhstan , Kirgizistan , Turkmenistan , Tadzhikistan , Uzbekistan ) Caucasus (Transcaucasus ) Western Asia (Afghanistan , Iran ) China (Tibet , Xinjiang ) Mongolia Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent (Pakistan , West Himalaya) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | EPHEDRACEAE
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