| Family | EPHEDRACEAE |
| Genus species | Ephedra minuta Florin |
| Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 2000-4800m |
| Description | branchlets thin, dark green, scales sharply acute, female flowers solitary, large, purple, fruit carnose, red, male flowers yellowish |
| Size | 5-25cm |
| Color | red, yellowish |
| Bloom | early summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | decumbent 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
China (China South-Central , Qinghai) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | EPHEDRACEAE
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