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Ephedra lomatolepis is a small, desert-adapted shrub in the Ephedra (joint fir) genus, native to Central Asia and southern Siberia. It is a wild desert species rarely grown in gardens, so care notes are general guidance for the genus.
Ephedra lomatolepis is a species of Ephedra that is native to Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Xinjiang in China, and Tuva in Siberia.
It was originally described by Alexander Gustav von Schrenk in 1844. Otto Stapf's worldwide monograph on the genus included this species, but Stapf did not place it in a section. Later, it was placed in section Alatae.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ephedra lomatolepis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
