Ephedra funerea

Taxobox
name = "Ephedra funerea"

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image_width = 260px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Gnetophyta
classis = Gnetopsida
ordo = Ephedrales
familia = Ephedraceae
genus = "Ephedra"
species = "E. funerea"
binomial = "Ephedra funerea"
binomial_authority = Coville & C. V. Morton

"Ephedra funerea" is a species of "Ephedra" known by the common name Death Valley jointfir, or Death Valley ephedra. It is native to the Mojave Desert of California and Nevada. This shrub is made up of erect twigs which are gray-green when new and age to gray and cracked. There are tiny leaves at nodes along the twigs. Male plants produce pollen cones at the nodes which are up to 8 millimeters long, and female plants produce seed cones which are slightly longer and may grow on stalks.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?184,185,191 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=EPFU USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=233500606 Flora of North America]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Ephedra+funerea Photo gallery]