Family | EPHEDRACEAE |
Genus species | Ephedra fedtschenkoae Paulsen |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1900-3800m |
Description | green branchlets with 2-4 nodes, leaves opposite, pollen cones arranged on branchlets, bracts in 3 pairs, connate, in maturity carnose and red, seed deep brown |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | |
Bloom | early summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring layering in spring |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Siberia (Altay , Tuva ) Middle Asia (Kirgizistan , Tadzhikistan ) China (Xinjiang ) Mongolia |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | EPHEDRACEAE
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