Ephedraceae

Ephedra intermedia Schrenk & C.A.Mey.

Family: Ephedraceae
Genus: Ephedra

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Ephedra intermedia: Ephedra intermedia : Habitus. — Photo: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (9)

Azerbaijani: Ortaboylu acılıqotu
Bulgarian: Средна ефедра
Chinese: 中麻黄, 中麻黄*, 苡芭菊, 麻黄, 麻黄根, 灰麻黄, 蓝麻黄, 西藏中麻黄
Czech: Chvojník prostřední
Finnish: Siniefedra
Japanese: チュウマオウ, 中麻黄
Kazakh: Қызыл тамыр
Persian: ارمک میانه
Russian: Хвойник средний

Synonyms

Ephedra ferganensis V.A.Nikitin
Ephedra glauca Regel
Ephedra heterosperma V.A.Nikitin
Ephedra intermedia var. glauca (Regel) Stapf
Ephedra intermedia var. persica Stapf
Ephedra intermedia var. schrenkii Stapf
Ephedra intermedia var. tibetica Stapf
Ephedra khurikensis P.Sharma & P.L.Uniyal
Ephedra microsperma V.A.Nikitin
Ephedra pangiensis Rita Singh & P.Sharma
Ephedra persica (Stapf) V.A.Nikitin
Ephedra sumlingensis P.Sharma & P.L.Uniyal
Ephedra tesquorum V.A.Nikitin
Ephedra tibetica (Stapf) V.A.Nikitin
Ephedra valida V.A.Nikitin
Ephedra vulgaris var. submonostachys Boiss. & Buhse

Photos

Photo: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alexander Dubynin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Isabelle Drai, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Михаил Орлов, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alexander Dubynin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alexander Dubynin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Yuriy75, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alexander Dubynin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Yuriy75, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alexander Dubynin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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). About our plant data.