Ephedraceae FAMILY Least Concern

Ephedra monosperma

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Ephedra monosperma is a small, prostrate, much-branched, evergreen shrub, often with long subterranean trunks or creeping runners. It hash very small, scale-like leaves and green, wiry stems where most of the photosynthesis takes place; it can grow around 3 - 25cm tall[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. , 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. , 1081 Title Medicinal Plants in Mongolia Publication Author Website http://www.who.in Publisher World Health Organisation; Western Pacific Region Year 2013 ISBN 987 92 9061 632 0 Description Information on medicinal plants from Mongolia ]. The plant is often harvested from the wild in Mongolia for local use as a medicine. Ephedra monosperma occurs over a wide range in a variety of habitats and is not known to be under any specific threat at present. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2011)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeAsia - Siberia to Mongolia, northern and central China, Russian Far East (Primorye)

HabitatSunny, rocky slopes, limestone crevices, and dry places, sometimes on slopes of river valleys among rocks, often with sparse Juniper and shrub vegetation or dry pine forest; at elevations from 1,400 - 4,800 metres[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. , 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. , 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].