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Ephedra torreyana
Also called Torrey Ephedra, Torrey Mormon Tea, Torrey's Ephedra, Torrey's Mormon Tea, Brigham Tea, Mormon Tea, Torrey Joint Fir
Ephedra torreyana, with common names Torrey's jointfir or Torrey's Mormon tea, is a species of Ephedra that is native to the deserts and scrublands of the Southwestern United States (Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas) and to the State of Chihuahua and northern Mexico.
It was originally described by Sereno Watson in 1879, and placed in section Alatae, "tribe" Habrolepides by Otto Stapf in 1889. In 1996 Robert A. Price left E. torreyana in section Alatae without recognizing a tribe.
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 torreyana 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.
