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Ephedra fasciculata
Also called Arizon Joint-fir, Arizona Ephedra, Arizona Joint Fir, Desert Mormon Tea, Fasciculate Ephedra
Ephedra fasciculata is a species of plant in the Ephedraceae family. Common names are Arizona ephedra, Arizona joint-fir, and desert Mormon-tea.
The plant is found in the Mojave Desert and Colorado Desert of California, the Sonoran Desert in Arizona, Nevada, southern California, and Utah. Ephedra fasciculata grows in Creosote-bush scrub (Larrea tridentata), below 1,500 feet (460 m).
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ephedra fasciculata 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.
