Ephedra viridis Colville

Common Name: Mormon Tea, Green Joint-fir
Family: Ephedraceae Dumort.

Country of Origin: Southwestern N. America - California to Colorado and Arizona
Habitat: Stony slopes and gravel terraces, often on limestone.

Description: Although used for medicinal purposes in the past, ephedrine and pseudo-ephedrine have only been detectable in Eurasian species of Ephedra

Accession Data:

Accession # 199300447
Source: Chiltern Seed Co.
Accession Date: 04-15-1993
Bench: 2209 - XER:Mohave/Great Basin
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 03-23-2022
Restrictions:

Classification:

Division: Gnetophyta
Class: Gnetopsida
SubClass: Gnetidae
Order: Ephedrales
SubOrder:
Family: Ephedraceae
SubFamily:
Tribe:
SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:

Year	Jan				Feb				Mar					Apr				May				Jun					Jul				Aug				Sep					Oct				Nov				Dec
2022
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2009

References (internal):

EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Colorado / Oregon / Wyoming / Arizona / California / Nevada / Utah / New Mexico

References (external):

Caveney et al., New observations on the secondary chemistry of world Ephedra (Ephedraceae), (American Journal of Botany. 2001;88:1199-1208.)
The Gymnosperm Database
Plants For A Future Website
Ephedra viridis at USDA Plants Database. Last accessed on Wednesday, July 13, 2016.

data regenerated on Wed, 04 May 2022 11:42:43 -0400 [bcm v4.0]