View source for Ephedra cutleri

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|accepted_name=Ephedra cutleri
|accepted_authority=Peebles
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=J. Wash. Acad. Sci.
|place=30: 473. 1940
|year=1940
}}
|common_names=Navajo ephedra
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Ephedra coryi var. viscida
|authority=Cutler
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Ephedra viridis var. viscida
|authority=(Cutler) L. D. Benson
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Ephedraceae;Ephedra;Ephedra cutleri
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ephedraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Ephedra]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Ephedra cutleri]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 2
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>rhizomatous, forming clumps, erect, 0.25–1.5 m, 3–5 m diam. <b>Bark</b> reddish brown, cracked and irregularly fissured. <b>Branches</b> alternate or whorled, rigid, angle of divergence about 25°. <b>Twigs</b> bright green, becoming yellow-green with age, viscid, ridges between longitudinal grooves papillate; internodes 1–5 cm. <b>Terminal</b> buds conic, 1–3 mm. <b>Leaves</b> opposite, 2–5 mm, connate to 1/4–1/2 their length; bases thickened, brown, persistent; apex setaceous. <b>Pollen</b> cones 2–several at node, obovoid, 4–6 mm, on very short, scaly peduncles (rarely sessile); bracts opposite, 5–9 pairs, light yellow, ovate, 2–4 × 2–3 mm, membranous, slightly connate at base; bracteoles slightly exceeding bracts; sporangiophores 2–4 mm, barely exserted, with 5–7 sessile to short-stalked (less than 1 mm) microsporangia. <b>Seed</b> cones 2–several at node, obovoid to nearly globose, 7–15 mm, peduncles 5–25 mm, with 1 pair of basal and 1 pair of nearly terminal bracts; bracts opposite, 3 or 4 pairs, ovate, 3–6 × 2–5 mm, membranous, with yellow center and base, margins entire. <b>Seeds</b> 2, ellipsoid, 5–8 × 2–4 mm, brown to chestnut, smooth.</span><!--

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|phenology=Coning late winter–midspring (Mar–May).
|habitat=Dry, flat, sandy areas, occasionally on rocky slopes
|elevation=1400–2300 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Colo.;N.Mex.;Utah.
|discussion=<p>The hybrid <i>Ephedra</i> × arenicola is discussed under <i>E. torreyana</i>.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Ephedra cutleri
|authority=Peebles
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Ephedra coryi var. viscida;Ephedra viridis var. viscida
|basionyms=
|family=Ephedraceae
|phenology=Coning late winter–midspring (Mar–May).
|habitat=Dry, flat, sandy areas, occasionally on rocky slopes
|elevation=1400–2300 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Colo.;N.Mex.;Utah.
|reference=None
|publication title=J. Wash. Acad. Sci.
|publication year=1940
|special status=
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|genus=Ephedra
|species=Ephedra cutleri
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