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Ephedra fragilis is a very rare plant in peninsular Italy. The only formerly known locality of this species is located at San Ferdinando, Calabria. The present survey, extended to 60 coastal and subcoastal localities of central-southern Italy, re-found and re-evaluated the conservation status (which resulted improved) of the already known locality of the studied species and found a new locality at Capo Bruzzano, Calabria. Unfortunately, in spite of the wide investigated area, the survey didn’t find any new population outside the Calabrian territory