Ephedra funerea
Coville & C. V. Morton
Death valley ephedra, Death valley jointfir
Ephedra funerea is a shrub that is native to California, and found only slightly beyond California borders.
The blue points on the map indicate observations in Calflora.
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Jepson eFlora section:
gymnosperm
USDA PLANTS group:
Gymnosperm
[Wikipedia] Range, Etymology, Culinary Use: It is native to the Mojave Desert of California, Arizona and Nevada. It is named after a population in the Funeral Mountains, in Death Valley National Park. Native Americans and Mormon pioneers drank a tea brewed from this plant called Mormon Tea or Indian Tea. (link added by Mary Ann Machi)
