Ephedraceae
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Ephedra distachya
- Family
- Ephedraceae
- Genus
- Ephedra
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Common names
By language (23)
- Arabic
- عنب البحر, عقد مزدوج السنابل
- Armenian
- Էֆեդրա սովորական
- arz
- الايفيدرا ديساتشيا
- Azerbaijani
- İkisünbülcüklü acılıqotu
- ba
- Таутамыр
- Bulgarian
- Обикновена ефедра
- Catalan
- Trompera
- Chinese
- 双穗麻黄, 蛇麻黄, 蛇麻黃
- Czech
- Chvojník dvouklasý
- English
- Join, Sea grape, Jointfir
- Finnish
- Marjaefedra
- hsb
- Wšědna efedra
- Hungarian
- Közönséges csikófark
- Japanese
- フタマタマオウ
- Kazakh
- Қос масақшалы қылша
- Macedonian
- Обична коситерница, Двотрнеста коситерница
- Malayalam
- എഫിഡ്ര ഡിസ്റ്റാച്യയ
- Persian
- ارمک دوردیفی
- Polish
- Przęśl dwukłosowa
- Romanian
- Efedra, Cârcel, Cărcel
- Russian
- Хвойник двухколосковый, Кузьмичова трава, Хвойник двуколосковый, Эфедра двухколосковая
- Serbian
- Патуљаста ефедра
- Ukrainian
- Ефедра двоколоса, Ефедра звичайна, Ставчак двоколосий, Ставчак звичайний
Synonyms
- Chaetocladus distachys (L.) J.Nelson
- Ephedra distachya subvar. linnaei Stapf
- Ephedra equisetiformis subsp. distachya (L.) Bonnier & Layens
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Le.Loup.Gris, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.