Ephedra viridis - Wikipedia
Ephedra viridis, known by the common names green Mormon tea, Brigham tea, green ephedra, and Indian tea, is a species of Ephedra. It is indigenous to the Western United States, where it is a member of varied scrub, woodland, desert, and open habitats. It grows at 900–2,300 metres (3,000–7,500 ft) elevations.
Green Ephedra | USU - Utah State University Extension
Scientific Name: Ephedra viridis Coville. Scientific Name Synonyms: None known. Symbol: EPVI. Description: Life Span: Perennial. Origin: Native. Season: Evergreen. Growth Characteristics: An erect shrub, growing anywhere from 8 inches to 5 feet tall. It reproduces by seed and by sprouting from the roots and woody crown.
Ephedra (plant) - Wikipedia
It is the only extant genus in its family, Ephedraceae, and order, Ephedrales, and one of the three living members of the division Gnetophyta alongside Gnetum and Welwitschia. In temperate climates, most Ephedra species grow on shores or in sandy soils with direct sun exposure.
Species: Ephedra viridis - US Forest Service
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION: Green ephedra is found extensively in the Great Basin Region, from the southwest corner of Wyoming and western Colorado, south to northern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico, and southeastern California, and north to Harney County, Oregon [19, 35, 38, 39, 41, 46, 47, 99, 104].
Ephedra Viridis | Capitol Reef Field Station - Utah Valley University
Ephedra viridis was first collected to science in 1893 during a collection expedition to Death Valley, California. It was determined to be distinct from E. nevadensis because of its bright green color compared to E. nevadensis' pale glaucous green …
General: Ephedra Family (Ephedraceae). Green ephedra is a dioecious, scraggly shrub rarely more than 60 cm to 150 cm high. The naked seeds are the features, which places Ephedra with the classical group, the gymnosperms. The microsporophylls are similar to the stamens of the flowering plant; they also correspond with the spore-bearing scales in the
Ephedra viridis | Landscape Plants | Oregon State University
Genus: Ephedra. Synonyms: E. nevadensis var. viridis. Type: Broadleaf. Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon: No. Shrub with deciduous leaves and evergreen stems, upright, to about 3 ft (~0.9 m) high, stems green but age to yellow-green, thin, stiff.
Green Ephedra - Native Memory Project
Green Ephedra (Ephedra viridis) is a fleshy shrub that grows best in desert habitat types especially sandy soils derived from sandstone exposures known as slickrock where plants in general are scarce due to extremes of heat, dryness and limited soil fertility. Commonly known as Mormon tea, it has been used by native people and early settlers ...
Ephedra - WORLD BOTANICAL
1985年4月20日 · In Kern County, three species are fairly common, Ephedra californica, E. nevadensis, and E. viridis. A helpful character to separate them is the angle of branching, nearly at right angles in E. nevadensis , ~30° in E. viridis in which branches appear erect and nearly parallel to one another.
Ephedra viridis Coville - Calflora
Green ephedra, Mormon tea, Mountain ephedra. Ephedra viridis is a shrub that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America. Toxicity: Do not eat any part of this plant. This plant is available commercially. Jepson eFlora.