Ephedra frustillata

Miers 1863

Common names

Taxonomic notes

Syn: Ephedra nana Dusén 1900; Ephedra patagonica Phil.; Ephedra patagonica Phil. ex Stapf.

Description

Dioecious shrubs up to 20 cm tall, prostrate to ascending, with green to yellowish branches. Leaves 1.2-2.5 mm, triangular, subacute to obtuse, concave. Pollen cones 7-9 mm, oblong-ovoid. Seed cones c. 8 mm, ovoid-globose; when mature, forming a globose, red to purplish fleshy cone c. 8 mm diameter; seeds 4-6 mm long (Moore 1983).

Distribution and Ecology

Tierra del Fuego; N in Argentina to 42° S and in Chile to 51° S (Moore 1983).

Remarkable Specimens

No data as of 2023.03.03.

Ethnobotany

Observations

See the observations on iNaturalist, accessed 2021.12.31.

Remarks

Citations

Miers, J. 1863. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, 11:262. Available: Biodiversity Heritage Library, accessed 2021.12.31.

See also

Species profile at Plants of the World Online, accessed 2021.12.31.