Family | EPHEDRACEAE |
Genus species | Ephedra regeliana Florin |
Bibliography | Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., ser. 3. 12(1): 17 (1933) |
Native Range | sw. Siberia to Central Asia and w. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 700-3800m |
Description | branchlets crowded at nodes, internodes 1-2cm, leaves opposite, connate, acute, male cones solitary at nodes, female cones crowded at apex of branchlets |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | |
Bloom | early summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring layering in spring |
Synonyms | Ephedra monosperma var. disperma Regel Ephedra pulvinaris V.A.Nikitin |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, TVA Tuva) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |