Efedra harilik "Malinka" Ephedra distachya

A low-growing, drought-resistant and branched dioecious shrub, from 15 cm to 1 m in height. Its stems are shortened and covered with dark gray bark. The branches are light green (later gray). In May-June, the plant is covered with small, yellow flowers, collected in small spikelets, in place of which decorative scarlet cones (false berries) are then tied.

Eng.: Somlatha, Ephedra, Evulgaris, Ma Huang. Sven.: Gnetophyta. Bot. syn.: Ephedra monostachya L. (Ephedra distachya L. subsp. monostachya (L.) Riedl), Ephedra vulgaris Rich.