Global InformationEphedra funerea information
| Death Valley jointfir | |
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Conservation status
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 Vulnerable (NatureServe)[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Gymnospermae |
| Division: | Gnetophyta |
| Class: | Gnetopsida |
| Order: | Ephedrales |
| Family: | Ephedraceae |
| Genus: | Ephedra |
| Species: | E. funerea
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| Binomial name | |
| Ephedra funerea Coville & C. V. Morton
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Ephedra funerea is a species of Ephedra, known by the common name Death Valley jointfir, Death Valley ephedra, or Mormon Tea.
It is native to the Mojave Desert of California, Arizona and Nevada. It is named after a population in the Funeral Mountains, in Death Valley National Park.[2][3]
Native Americans and Mormon pioneers drank a tea brewed from this plant called Mormon Tea or Indian Tea.
- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0".
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution map