Common names: Ephedra, Mormon Tea, Joint Fir

Scientific name: Ephedra spp.

Description: A somewhat woody shrub with thin jointed green stems bare of leaves.

Dye: Yellow from the stems.

Other uses: Widely used as a potent medicine - typically brewed as a tea - by Acoma, Apache, Cocopah, Havasupai, Hopi, Hualapai, Isleta, Navajo, Papago, Pima.

Author

Kimberley A. Ryan, Northern Arizona University Anthropology Laboratories

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