Ephedra campylopoda
Common names
Ephedra
Biostatus
Exotic
Conservation status
Not applicable
Category
Vascular
Structural class
Trees & Shrubs - Gymnosperms
Flower colours
Orange, Yellow
Detailed taxonomy
Genus
Family
Ecology
Year naturalised
2007
Reason for introduction
Ornamental and medicinal (source of Ephedrine)
Tolerances
Extremely tolerant of drought and cold
Life cycle and dispersal
Long-lived stoloniferous shrub. Reproduces by stolons and suckers, seed probably not produced in Nw Zealand; dispersed by dumping garden waste and by vegetative extension of established plantings