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Ephedra distachya L.  
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FamilyEPHEDRACEAE
Genus speciesEphedra distachya L. 
SynonymsEphedra clusii Dufour
 Ephedra dubia Regel
 Ephedra minor Host
Habitatsands
Altitude100-900m
Descriptionbranchlets rigid, dark green, with russet medulla, internodes 15-50mm long, male flowers 8-16 in spike, female flowers in pairs, fruit spherical, 6-7 mm long
Size25-50cm
Coloryellowish
Bloomearly summer
Ca
Typeshrub
Cultivationsunny site with a poor, sandy soil
alpine house, sandy soil, sun
Propagationseed in spring
layering in spring
Territory Europe
     Middle Europe (Czechoslovakia , Hungary , Switzerland )
     Southwestern Europe (Corse , France , Sardegna , Spain )
     Southeastern Europe (Albania , Bulgaria , Greece , Italy , Romania , Sicilia , Turkey-in-Europe , Yugoslavia )
     Eastern Europe (Krym , East European Russia , South European Russia , Ukraine )
Asia-Temperate
     Siberia (Altay , West Siberia )
     Middle Asia (Kazakhstan , Turkmenistan )
     Caucasus (North Caucasus , Transcaucasus )
     Western Asia (Turkey)
BibliographyPlants of the World online powo.science.kew.org
International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org
Comments

EPHEDRACEAE

Ephedra distachya L. Sp. Pl. 2: 1040 (1753)

100-1900m
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distachya typica ined.

Synonyms:
Ephedra arborea Lag. ex Bertol.
Ephedra botryoides Fisch.
Ephedra clusii Dufour
Ephedra dubia Regel
Ephedra linnaei Stapf ex Koehne
Ephedra macrocephala Bertol.
Ephedra maritima St.-Lag.
Ephedra minor Host
Ephedra monostachya L.
Ephedra podostylax Boiss.
Ephedra polygonoides Pall.
Ephedra vulgaris Rich.
Ephedra vulgaris subtristachya C.A.Mey.

Europe, Asia-Temperate
11 CZE HUN SWI 12 COR FRA SAR SPA 13 ALB BUL GRC ITA ROM SIC TUE YUG 14 KRY RUE RUS UKR 30 ALT WSB 32 KAZ TKM 33 NCS TCS 34 TUR

distachya helvetica (C.A.Mey.) Asch. & Graebn., Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. [Ascerson & Graebner] 1: 260 (1897)

Basionym:
Ephedra helvetica C.A.Mey., Monogr. Ephedra 87 (1846)

Synonyms:
Ephedra vulgaris helvetica (C.A,Mey.) Nyman

Ephedra helvetica gracilis G.Negri
Ephedra negri Nouviant
Ephedra rigida St.-Lag.

Alps
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