PLANTS Profile for Ephedra aspera (rough jointfir)

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PLANTS Profile

Ephedra aspera Engelm. ex S. Watson
rough jointfir

Symbol:

EPAS

Group:

Gymnosperm

Family:

Ephedraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub
Subshrub

Native Status:

L48

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Ephedra fasciculata

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Ephedra aspera Engelm. ex S. Watson

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Synonyms:
Ephedra aspera Engelm. ex S. Watson

EPCL2	Ephedra clokeyi Cutler
EPFA	Ephedra fasciculata A. Nelson	Arizona jointfir
EPFAC	Ephedra fasciculata A. Nelson var. clokeyi (Cutler) Clokey
EPFAF2	Ephedra fasciculata A. Nelson var. fasciculata	ephedra, mormon tea
EPNEA	Ephedra nevadensis S. Watson var. aspera (Engelm. ex S. Watson) L.D. Benson
EPRE3	Ephedra reedii Cory

Distribution:
Ephedra aspera Engelm. ex S. Watson


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USA (AZ, CA, NM, NV, TX, UT)

Related Taxa:
Ephedra aspera Engelm. ex S. Watson

View 1 genera in Ephedraceae, 19 species in Ephedra

Classification:
Ephedra aspera Engelm. ex S. Watson

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Gnetophyta – Mormon tea and other gnetophytes
Class	Gnetopsida
Order	Ephedrales
Family	Ephedraceae – Mormon-tea family
Genus	Ephedra L. – jointfir
Species	Ephedra aspera Engelm. ex S. Watson – rough jointfir

More Accounts and Images:
Ephedra aspera Engelm. ex S. Watson

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 508165.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

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Ephedra aspera Engelm. ex S. Watson

TX-Texas Native Shrubs

Time Generated: 06/18/2013 01:13 AM CDT