Jointfirs
Ephedra
Ephedra is a medicinal preparation from the plant Ephedra sinica. Several additional species belonging to the genus Ephedra have traditionally been used for a variety of medicinal purposes, and are a possible candidate for the Soma plant of Indo-Iranian religion. It has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for more than 2,000 years. Native Americans and Mormon pioneers drank a tea brewed from other Ephedra species, called "Mormon tea" and "Indian tea".
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Green Ephedra
speciesEphedra viridis
Nevada Jointfir
speciesEphedra nevadensis
European Ephedra
speciesEphedra distachya
longleaf ephedra
speciesEphedra trifurca
California Jointfir
speciesEphedra californica
Torrey's Jointfir
speciesEphedra torreyana
rough jointfir
speciesEphedra aspera
Leafless Ephedra
speciesEphedra foeminea
Joint Pine
speciesEphedra fragilis
Clapweed
speciesEphedra antisyphilitica
Andean Jointfir
speciesEphedra chilensis
American Ephedra
speciesEphedra americana
dwarf joint fir
speciesEphedra monosperma
Central-Asian Jointfir
speciesEphedra intermedia
Mongolian Ephedra
speciesEphedra equisetina
Ephedra rupestris
speciesEphedra rupestris
Ephedra procera
speciesEphedra procera
Ephedra nebrodensis
speciesEphedra nebrodensis
Ephedra ochreata
speciesEphedra ochreata
Ephedra triandra
speciesEphedra triandra
Ephedra tweedieana
speciesEphedra tweedieana
Ephedra przewalskii
speciesEphedra przewalskii
Ephedra compacta
speciesEphedra compacta
Patagonian Ephedra
speciesEphedra frustillata
Chinese Ephedra
speciesEphedra sinica
Death Valley Jointfir
speciesEphedra funerea
Gerard's Jointfir
speciesEphedra gerardiana
Pingo-pingo
speciesEphedra breana
Vine Jointfir
speciesEphedra pedunculata
Arizona Jointfir
speciesEphedra fasciculata
Ephedra ciliata
speciesEphedra ciliata
Cutler's Jointfir
speciesEphedra cutleri
High-climbing Jointfir
speciesEphedra altissima
Ephedra dahurica
speciesEphedra dahurica
Ephedra aphylla
speciesEphedra aphylla
White Shrubby Horsetail
speciesEphedra alata
Turkistan Jointfir
speciesEphedra regeliana
Cory's Jointfir
speciesEphedra coryi
Ephedra pachyclada
speciesEphedra pachyclada
Ephedra fedtschenkoae
speciesEphedra fedtschenkoae
Ephedra multiflora
speciesEphedra multiflora
Ephedra gracilis
speciesEphedra gracilis
Ephedra boelckei
speciesEphedra boelckei
Ephedra strobilacea
speciesEphedra strobilacea
Ephedra likiangensis
speciesEphedra likiangensis
Ephedra lomatolepis
speciesEphedra lomatolepis
Ephedra saxatilis
speciesEphedra saxatilis
Ephedra pseudodistachya
speciesEphedra pseudodistachya
Ephedra rhytidosperma
speciesEphedra rhytidosperma
Ephedra minuta
speciesEphedra minuta
Ephedra aurea
speciesEphedra aurea
Ephedra glauca
speciesEphedra glauca
Ephedra strongylensis
speciesEphedra strongylensis
Ephedra tilhoana
speciesEphedra tilhoana
Ephedra brevifoliata
speciesEphedra brevifoliata
Ephedra oxyphylla
speciesEphedra oxyphylla
Ephedra sarcocarpa
speciesEphedra sarcocarpa
Ephedra rituensis
speciesEphedra rituensis
Ephedra laristanica
speciesEphedra laristanica
Ephedra dawuensis
speciesEphedra dawuensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.95
Bencao Gangmu, Volume Upper-Middle
李時珍 · 1596 · p.180
Elements of Botany
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort · 1719 · p.228
Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 11)
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.91
Illustrated Herbal Primer
Chen Jiamo (陳嘉謨) · 1628 · p.107
Illustrated Herbal Primer
Chen Jiamo (陳嘉謨) · 1628 · p.107
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 53881.