Common Names
Csikófark (Hungarian).Taxonomic notes
Syn: E. vulgaris Rich. (1).Description
"A shrub up to 0.5 (1) m in height sometimes prostrate. Shoots partiallysubterranean, internodes 1.5-5 cm long, up to 2 mm across. Leaves up to 2 mmlong. Fruit globose, 6-7 mm across, red. Chromosomes n = 18" (1).Range
Southern Europe north to N.W. France, to southern Slovakia and Ukraine, and to Siberia (1).Big Tree
Oldest
Dendrochronology
Ethnobotany
Observations
Remarks
Citations
(1) Vidakovic 1991.[Ephedra] [Ephedraceae] [home]
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Edited by Christopher J. Earle
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Last modified on 11-Jan-1999