![Ephedra alata, white shrubby horsetail, שרביטן מכנף, العلندى المجنحة](Flowgallery/Ephedra_alata_flower1.jpg) Ephedra alata
![Ephedra aphylla, Ephedra alte, Joint pine, عدام , علندي, שרביטן ריסני,Ephedraceae, שרביטניים](Flowgallery/Ephedra_aphylla_flower3.jpg) Ephedra aphylla
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Gymnospermae (naked seeds, חשופי הזרע), Class: Gnetopsida, Order: Ephedrales, Family: Ephedraceae, שרביטניים
Family Ephedraceae,
Mormon-Tea Family, משפחת השרביטניים
Desert shrubs with jointed branches; Leaves opposite or in whorls of 3, scalelike; Cones terminal or axillary, ovoid or ellipsoid; Pollen cones solitary or clustered at nodes, 2-8 anthers; Seed cones opposite or in whorls of 3 or 4 at nodes, each cone composed of overlapping bracts, covering the two maturing seeds.
Genus Ephedra, שרביטן:
- Ephedra alata, white shrubby horsetail, שרביטן מכנף, العلندى المجنحة
- Ephedra aphylla, Ephedra alte, Joint pine, שרביטן ריסני
- Ephedra foeminea,Ephedra campylopoda, Joint pine, Leafless Ephedra, שרביטן מצוי
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![Ephedra foeminea,Ephedra campylopoda,Joint pine, Leafless Ephedra, عدام , علندي, שרביטן מצוי](Flowgallery/Ephedra_foeminea_flower2.jpg) Ephedra foeminea
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