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Ephedra fragilis - Branch with fruits - Click to enlarge!

Branch with fruits; Baiona, Alentejo, Portugal; 8/2007 © Jörn Germer

Ephedra fragilis - Fruit - Click to enlarge!

Fruit; Baiona, Alentejo, Portugal; 8/2007 © Jörn Germer

Ephedra fragilis - Bark - Click to enlarge!

Bark; Baiona, Alentejo, Portugal; 8/2007 © Jörn Germer

Ephedra fragilis - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Baiona, Alentejo, Portugal; 8/2007 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 637
Date of entry: 22.08.2007
Last update: 18.12.2019

Common name

English: Joint Pine

German: Brüchiges Meerträubel, Zierliche Meerträubel

Portuguese: Cornicabra

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Gnetophyta (1)

    Class: Gnetopsida (1)

      Order: Ephedrales (1)

        Family: Ephedraceae (1)

          Genus: Ephedra (1)

            Epithet: fragilis Desf. (2)

fragilis => fragile, brittle

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: xerophytic

Habit: shrub

Flower colour: green, yellow

External links

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