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Ephedra distachya (jointfir)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Ephedra distachya is a shrub in the family Ephedraceae, about 25 cm to 50 cm high, that grows in southern and central Europe and parts of western and central Asia from Portugal to Kazakhstan. Its local names include somlatha. Subspecies 1. \n* Ephedra distachya subsp. distachya - central + southern Europe, southwestern + central Asia 2. \n* Ephedra distachya subsp. helvetica (C.A.Mey.) Asch. & Graebn. - Switzerland, France, Italy, Slovenia, Austria
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Infraspecies

Ephedra distachya distachya
Ephedra distachya helvetica

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  High
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [2]  Dioecious
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Lifespan [3]  Perennial
Structure [2]  Shrub
Usage [2]  Plants can be used for ground cover, spaced about 60cm apart each way;
Height [2]  39 inches (1 m)
Width [2]  39 inches (1 m)
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Protected Areas

Predators

Timon lepidus (Jeweled lizard)[4]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 4Trophic ecology of the Ocellated Lizard Lacerta lepida in an arid zone of southern Spain: relationships with availability and daily activity of prey, José A. Hódarf, Francisca Campos and Benjamín A. Rosales, Journal of Arid Environments (1996) 33: 95–107
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0