Accession Data

Ephedra americana

Common Name: Joint Fir, pinco-pinco

Family: Ephedraceae

Country of Origin: Andes of South America - Ecuador to Argentina

Accession Data

Accession #: 200100025

Accession Date: 2001-03-26 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 2216

Quantity: 1

Source: Hortus Botanicus Nationalis

Provenance: Hortus Botanicus Nationalis - Laboratorium dendroflorae - Latvia - 2000 Index Seminum #54

Culture: well drained sandy media in a sunny location

Classification

Division: Gnetophyta

Class: Gnetopsida

Subclass: Gnetidae

Order: Ephedrales

Family: Ephedraceae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2025
2024
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References

  1. Caveney et al., New observations on the secondary chemistry of world Ephedra (Ephedraceae), (American Journal of Botany. 2001;88:1199-1208.)

Images

Ephedra americana