Ephedra fragilis, commonly named the joint pine, is a species of Ephedra that is native to the western Mediterranean region of southern Europe and Northern Africa, and from Madeira and the Canary Islands in the Atlantic.

[1][2][3] Its habitats are rocky hills and stone walls, where it grows to 2m tall.

[4] The plant was originally described by René Louiche Desfontaines in 1799 and placed in section Pseudobaccatae (=sect.

Price classified E. fragilis in section Ephedra without recognizing a tribe.

[5] Ephedra fragilis is a Least Concern species on the IUCN Red List.