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Rough jointfir

Ephedra aspera

Also called Boundary Ephedra, Mormon Tea, Pitamoreal, Aspera Mormon Tea

Rough jointfir
Photo: Miwasatoshi, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Ephedraceae (Ephedr family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
SE. California to Texas and N. Mexico
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Ephedra aspera is a species of Ephedra known by the common names rough jointfir, boundary ephedra, and pitamoreal. It is native to the southwestern United States from California to Texas and parts of northern Mexico as far south as Zacatecas. It is a resident of varied woodland and scrub plant communities.

Other Ephedra plants

White Shrubby Horsetail · High-climbing jointfir · Clapweed · Ephedra boelckei · Ephedra breana · California jointfir · Ephedra chilensis · Cory's jointfir · Cutler's jointfir · Join · Arizona jointfir · Shrubby horsetail

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ephedra aspera by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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