Leafless Shrubby Horsetail / علدة

قُظّاب / عُلّيق / شَبطبط / علندي / عدام

Ephedra foeminea Forssk.

General View, December. This photo is available under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC 4.0 License.

Edibility and Usage

Edibility
Unknown
Blooming period
April to October
Seed collection period
August to December

Description

Perenniality
Perennial
Petal colour
  • No perianth
Leaf type
  • Scale
Life form
  • Climber
  • Phanerophyte shrub

Scientifc data

Genus
Ephedra Tourn. ex L.
Family
Ephedraceae
Wikidata item
Q7223215
GBIF Item
Ephedra foeminea Forssk. (2653458)
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least concern

References

  1. Al Sheikh, B. (2019). Checklist and Ecological Data Base of Wild Plants of the West Bank - Palestine (Arabic).
  2. Ephedra foeminea Forssk. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-08-02.
  3. Bell, A. & Bachman, S. 2011. Ephedra foeminea. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T201710A9171016. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T201710A9171016.en. Accessed on 02 August 2022.

Citation

Ephedra foeminea Forssk. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/833 accessed via barari.org on 2/18/2026.

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