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Sonoran Desert Plants
Ephedra aspera (Mormon tea, Boundary ephedra, tepopote)

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Ephedra aspera

Ephedra aspera

Ephedra aspera

Ephedra aspera

Habitat: bajadas, washes
Life Form: low shrub
Leaf Description: opposite simple leaves
Flower Color: yellow
Flowering Period: Spring
Spines: spineless
Family: Ephedraceae (ephedra family)
Abundance: common

 

References

"Arizona Flora", Thomas A. Kearney and Robert H. Peebles, 1960, University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London (out of print)
    page 61

"Native Plants for Southwestern Landscapes", Judy Mielke, 1993, University of Texas Press, Austin
    page 138

"Sonoran Desert Plants An Ecological Atlas", Raymond M. Turner, Janice E. Bowers and Tony L. Burgess, 1995, The University of Arizona Press, Tucson
    page 193

"Flora of the Gran Desierto and Rio Colorado of Northwest Mexico (Southwest Center Series)", Richard Felger, 2001. University of Arizona Press, Tucson
    page 49
    page 50

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