Ephedra gerardiana var sikkimensis

Found on rocky inclines ranging from Afghanistan to China and the Indian subcontinent, this creeping shrub with scale-like leaves is a hardy member of the family Ephedraceae. In the Medicinal Garden it provides an excellent evergreen ground cover for dry soil at the base of a large plane tree. The variety sikkimensis is more vigorous than the type species which also grows happily nearby. It is easily propagated by careful division of plants in spring (by Clare Beacham).

Oakeley, Dr. Henry. (2012). Doctors in the Medicinal Garden. Plants named after physicians. Royal College of Physicians.

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