PLANTS Profile for Ephedra torreyana (Torrey's jointfir)

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Ephedra torreyana S. Watson
Torrey's jointfir

Symbol:

EPTO

Group:

Gymnosperm

Family:

Ephedraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Ephedra torreyana S. Watson

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Distribution:
Ephedra torreyana S. Watson


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Related Taxa:
Ephedra torreyana S. Watson

View 1 genera in Ephedraceae, 19 species in Ephedra or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Ephedra torreyana S. Watson var. powelliorum T. Wendt. .

Ephedra torreyana var. powelliorum
Torrey's jointfir

Distribution of Ephedra torreyana S. Watson var. torreyana. .

Ephedra torreyana var. torreyana
Torrey's jointfir

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Ephedra torreyana 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 torreyana S. Watson – Torrey's jointfir

More Accounts and Images:
Ephedra torreyana S. Watson

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

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 502318.

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

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

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 10:55 PM CST