| Family | EPHEDRACEAE |
| Genus species | Ephedra equisetina Bunge |
| Synonyms | Ephedra shennungiana Tang |
| Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 800-3000m |
| Description | branchlets rigid, blue-green or grey-green, pruinose, internodes 1-3cm, leaves opposite, brownish, connate, free part obtusely triangular, fruits red, carnose, ovoid |
| Size | 50-100cm |
| Color | yellowish |
| Bloom | early summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | shrub |
| 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 , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva , West Siberia ) Middle Asia (Kirgizistan , Turkmenistan , Tadzhikistan , Uzbekistan ) Caucasus (North Caucasus ) Western Asia (Turkey ) China (Inner Mongolia , 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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