Ephedra

 Ephedraceae

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Prepared by Richard W. Spjut
May 2004; Oct 2006, June 2007

Ephedra antisyphilitica
Sanderson Co., TX
Spjut & Marin15146, Nov 2002

Ephedra californica
Vizcaíno Desert, BCN
Photo on right shows branch with three persistent leaf scales, each recurved near apex.
 

Ephedra californica
North of Yucca Valley, CA, Joshua Tree wd.
Nov 2007
 

 

Ephedra fasciculata
AZ: Just E of Bullhead City
Sep 2007

 

Ephedra sp.
North of Yucca Valley, CA, Joshua Tree wd.
Nov 2007

 

Ephedra nevadensis
Walker Lake, NV
Sep 2006

Ephedra nevadensis
5 mi N of Walker Lake, NV
June 2007

Ephedra nevadensis
Mesquite Mts., Mojave Desert, CA
Apr 2005

 

Ephedra trifurca
New Mexico: Left Hidalgo Co., near Hachita, right, Dona Ana Co.; Oct 2007

 

 

Ephedra viridis
S Sierra Nevada, Kern Co.,
Piute Mt., CA. Apr 2005

Ephedra viridis
Mesquite Mts., Mojave Desert, CA
Apr 2005

 

Ephedra viridis
CA: E Sierra Nevada, Inyo Co.,
SW of Bishop, Coyote Valley, Oct 2006

 
USDA ARS historical collection data for cancer research

Ephedra cutleri
Ephedra viridis: