| Family | EPHEDRACEAE |
| Genus species | Ephedra rhytidosperma Pachom. |
| Bibliography | Bot. Mater. Gerb. Inst. Bot. Akad Nauk Uzbeksk. S.S.R. 18: 51 (1967) |
| Native Range | n. China to Mongolia |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 100-1500m |
| Description | branchlets short, green, crowded, leaves opposite, 1mm, connate, flowers opposite at nodes, fruits red and carnose |
| 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 lepidosperma C.Y.Cheng |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia, CHN China North-Central) 37 Mongolia |