Nolina erumpens
Nolina erumpens In Cottonwood Canyon in Texas
Nolina erumpens is a plant of the genus Nolina in the family of asparagus plants ( Asparagaceae ). English common names are " Foothill Bear Grass" and " Mesa Sacahuista ".
Description
Nolina erumpens growing stemless and forms clumps of 1 to 2.5 m in diameter. The variable, grass-like, stiff, light green to yellow -colored, concave -convex, falling to the ground leaves are 60 to 200 cm long and 2-4 mm wide. The leaf margins are toothed.
The branched inflorescence in the leaves is 0.3 to 0.8 m long. The cream-colored flowers are 1.6 to 2.2 mm long. The flowering period extends from June to July.
The woody when ripe, round to ovoid capsule fruits are 2.6 to 5.8 mm long and wide. Brown spherical seeds are 1.5 to 2.5 mm in diameter.
Nolina erumpens in Europe is hardy to minus 16 ° C. She is known in little.
Distribution and systematics
Nolina erumpens is common in the U.S. state of Texas and in Mexico, Chihuahua state at altitudes 600-2000 m. It grows in grasslands, on stony ground on flat hills and is associated with Yucca elata and various cacti species.
Nolina erumpens is a member of the Section Erumpentes. It is distributed in limited areas in the State of Texas and in Mexico in the state of Chihuahua. The appearance is similar to that occurring in the vicinity Nolina arenicola, but the inflorescence is generally stronger.
The first description as Dasylirion erumpens in 1859 by John Torrey. Sereno Watson she put 1879 in the genus Nolina. A synonym is Beaucarnea erumpens ( Torr. ) Baker.