Ephedra americana Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.

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The New York Botanical Garden
Plants of BOLIVIA
Ephedraceae Ephedra americana Willd.
DEPTO. CHUQUISACA, Prov. Oropeza, hill with antennas
and Christ statue, just above and E of Yotala.
19°09’33”S, 65°15’39”W. alt. 2555 m.
Rocky open hillside with scattered trees (including planted
or escaped Cupressus, Eucalyptus), with Harrisia
tetracantha, Opuntia, Prosopis, Acacia, Pennisetum
villosum.
Browsed, branched shrublet, the stems to 0.5 m. tall, strictly
erect. Male; the “anthers” seemingly ready to release pollen.
Coll.: M. Nee 56014
21 March 2009