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Ephedra pedunculata
Also called Vine Ephedra, Vine Mormon-tea
Vine jointfir is a rare, trailing or climbing woody vine from southern Texas and northeast Mexico, unlike the shrubby Mormon teas. It grows in dry, sandy or rocky sites and needs free-draining soil, sun and very little water.
Ephedra pedunculata, common name vine Mormon tea or Comida de Vívora, is a plant species native to southern Texas and to Mexico as far south as Zacatecas. It grows in sandy or rocky slopes and outcrops.
Most species of Ephedra (called "Mormon tea") are shrubs, but Ephedra pedunculata is a trailing or clambering woody vine up to 7 m (23 ft) long. Bark is gray, becoming cracked with age. Leaves are opposite, up to 3 mm (0.12 in) long. Microsporangial (pollen-producing cones) are 1–2 mm long, compared to less than 1 mm in many other species. Seed cones are 6–10 mm (0.24–0.39 in) long, each containing 2 ellipsoid seeds 4–10 mm (0.16–0.39 in) long.
White Shrubby Horsetail · High-climbing jointfir · Clapweed · Rough jointfir · Ephedra boelckei · Ephedra breana · California jointfir · Ephedra chilensis · Cory's jointfir · Cutler's jointfir · Join · Arizona jointfir
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ephedra pedunculata 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.
