Flora

Ephedra ciliata Fisch. & C.A.Mey. / Heterotypic Synonyms: Ephedra foliata Boiss. ex C.A.Mey., it is a scrambling shrub plant. Branches slender. Leaves 2‑4 at the upper nodes, 0.8‑3.0 x 0.1 cm, linear. Male strobili solitary or 2‑3 per node, flowers 4‑6 pairs, bracteate, bracts connate, obtuse, anthers 3‑4, sessile. Female strobili pedunculate, ovoid, 2‑3‑flowered. Tubillus 1.5 mm long, straight. Berry globose, white. Seeds 2, brownish‑black.

Flowering in: Mar-Apr.

Marmarica Plateau:  Reported in Marmarica-north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930

Wild. I have not found a recent record of this species in Libya so far.

This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:383372-1

Link of images:  https://www.ksanature.com/plants/ephedra_ciliata/,    https://flora.org.il/en/plants/EPHCIL/, https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:383372-1

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:383372-1,  https://www.ipni.org/n/383372-1,  https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000794330,  https://www.gbif.org/species/8404336,  https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/131054/ephedra-ciliata-fisch-c-a-mey, https://www.ksanature.com/plants/ephedra_ciliata/,  https://herb.najah.edu/node/263,  https://flora.org.il/en/plants/EPHCIL/