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Accession Data:

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 04-16-2024
  • 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:
    YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
    2024
    2023
    2022
    2021
    2020
    2019
    2018
    2017
    2016
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    2009

    References (internal):

    • Gymnosperms & Gnetophytes
    • Gnetophyta
    • Dye Plants
    • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
    • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Colorado / Oregon / Wyoming / Arizona / California / Nevada / Utah / New Mexico

    References (external):

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

    data regenerated on Thu, 25 Jul 2024 15:48:01 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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    Current Accessions in the Ephedraceae

    • Ephedra americana
    • Ephedra intermedia
    • Ephedra monosperma
    • Ephedra nevadensis
    • Ephedra nevadensis
    • Ephedra regeliana
    • Ephedra viridis
    W/C = Wild Collected
    = indicates flowering in past 14 days
    = images available for this accession
    = map available for this accession
    = accession added within past 90 days
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