| Family | EPHEDRACEAE |
| Genus species | Ephedra minuta Florin |
| Bibliography | Acta Horti Gothob. 3: 8 (1927) |
| Native Range | Central Asia to sc. China and Qinghai |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | 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 | subshrub |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring layering in spring |
| Synonyms | Ephedra minuta var. dioeca C.Y.Cheng |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TZK Tadzhikistan) 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHQ Qinghai) |