Non scientific name details for mormon tea - Medicinal Plant Names Services

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Non-scientific name:

mormon tea

2 Accepted name(s) for "mormon tea":

Accepted name
Ephedra nevadensis S.Watson
Ephedra viridis Coville

4 Medicinal source(s) include this non-scientific name:

Medicinal sources:	Scientific names as used in medicinal source:	MPNS matched scientific names:	Accepted name:	Trade forms:	Plant parts:
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)	Ephedra nevadensis S.Watson	Ephedra nevadensis S.Watson	Ephedra nevadensis S.Watson
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)	Ephedra nevadensis S.Watson	Ephedra nevadensis S.Watson	Ephedra nevadensis S.Watson
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)	Ephedra nevadensis S. Watson	Ephedra nevadensis S.Watson	Ephedra nevadensis S.Watson
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)	Ephedra nevadensis S. Watson	Ephedra nevadensis S.Watson	Ephedra nevadensis S.Watson
Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)	Ephedra viridis Coville	Ephedra viridis Coville	Ephedra viridis Coville
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)	Ephedra viridis Coville	Ephedra viridis Coville	Ephedra viridis Coville
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)	Ephedra viridis Coville	Ephedra viridis Coville	Ephedra viridis Coville

8 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "mormon tea":

Non-scientific names:	Class of name:	Medicinal sources:
brigham tea	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
clapweed	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
desert tea	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
green ephedra	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
green mormon tea	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
nevada ephedra	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
nevada jointfir	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
whorehouse tea	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)