Ephedra aspera
Engelm. ex S. Watson
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves - tea
Leaves are brewed as tea.
Where to Find It
It is a subtropical plant.
Mexico, North America,
Countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, St Vincent
How to Identify
A subtropical shrub in the Ephedraceae family with leaves used for tea preparation.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Ephedra aspera is a species of Ephedra known by the common names rough jointfir, boundary ephedra, and pitamoreal. It is native to the southwestern United States from California to Texas and parts of northern Mexico as far south as Zacatecas. It is a resident of varied woodland and scrub plant communities.
Notes
It has been put in the Gnetaceae.
Names & Synonyms
Ephedra nevadensis var. aspera (Englem. ex S. Watson) L. D. BensonEphedra peninsularis I. M. Johnst.Ephedra reedii Cory
References (1)
- Reis, S. V. and Lipp, F. L., 1982, New Plant Sources for Drugs and Foods from the New York Botanical Garden herbarium. Harvard. p 7
