| Family | EPHEDRACEAE |
| Genus species | Ephedra sinica Stapf |
| Synonyms | Ephedra flava F.M.Sm. |
| Ephedra mahuang Tang Su Liu | |
| Habitat | sands |
| Altitude | 700-1600m |
| Description | branchlets erect, internodes 3-4cm, leaves opposite, connate, free part subulate to narrowly triangular, sharply acute, fruits red, carnose, oblong-ovoid to suborbiculate |
| Size | 10-40cm |
| Color | yellowish |
| Bloom | early summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring layering in spring |
| Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Siberia (Buryatiya , Chita ) Russian Far East (Primorye ) China (Inner Mongolia , Manchuria , China North-Central ) Mongolia |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | EPHEDRACEAE
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