Kingdom Plantae Clade Monocots Family Asparagaceae Rank Species | Clade Angiosperms Order Asparagales Subfamily Nolinoideae | |
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Similar Nolina micrantha, Nolina greenei, Nolina cismontana, Nolina atopocarpa, Nolina durangensis | ||
Nolina erumpens, the foothill beargrass, mesa sacahuista, or sand beargrass, is a member of the Asparagaceae family subfamily Nolinaceae native to New Mexico, Texas and adjacent regions of north Mexico.
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Description
The 2-2.6 feet long, 0.8 inch wide longitudinally grooved leaves of N. erumpens grow in wide tufts, and are sharp and serrated on the margins with loose-hanging filament-like appendages. The inflorescences are club shaped and rarely grow longer than the leaves, and bear numerous tiny, cream-colored flowers.
Cultivation
Nolina erumpens is extremely rare in amateur private collections but may be found in some botanical gardens among collections of succulent plants.
References
Nolina erumpens Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA