Ephedraceae
High-climbing jointfir
Ephedra altissima
- Family
- Ephedraceae
- Genus
- Ephedra
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Ephedra altissimaEphedraceae
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Common names
By language (3)
- Arabic
- علندى عالية
- Bulgarian
- Висока ефедра
- English
- High-climbing jointfir
Synonyms
- Chaetocladus altissima (Desf.) J.Nelson
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.