Nolina erumpens

Nolina erumpens
	Nolina erumpens; in Cottonwood Canyon in Texas
Systematics
	Monocots
Order :	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family :	Asparagaceae (Asparagaceae)
Subfamily :	Nolinoideae
Genre :	Nolina
Type :	Nolina erumpens
Scientific name
	Nolina erumpens
	( Torr. ) S. Watson

Nolina erumpens is a species of the genus Nolina in the asparagus family (Asparagaceae). English common names are "Foothill Beargrass" and "Mesa Sacahuista".

description

Nolina erumpens grows without a trunk and forms clumps 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 to 4 mm wide. The leaf margins are serrated.

The inflorescence branched in the leaves becomes 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.

When ripe, the woody, round to ovate capsule fruits are 2.6 to 5.8 mm long and wide. The brown, spherical seeds are 1.5 to 2.5 mm in diameter.

Nolina erumpens is frost hardy to minus 16 ° C in Europe . She is hardly known in.

Distribution and systematics

Nolina erumpens is common in the US state of Texas and in Mexico in the state of Chihuahua at altitudes of 600 to 2000 m. It grows in grasslands, on stony ground on flat hills and is associated with Yucca elata and various types of cacti.

Nolina erumpens is a member of the Erumpentes section . It is common in limited areas in the US state of Texas and Mexico in the state of Chihuahua . The appearance is similar to the nearby Nolina arenicola , but the inflorescence is stronger overall.

The first description as Dasylirion erumpens was in 1859 by John Torrey . Sereno Watson placed it in the genus Nolina in 1879 . A synonym is Beaucarnea erumpens (Torr.) Baker .

proof

literature

Fritz Hochstätter : The Genus Nolina. (Nolinaceae) . Piante Grasse, 2010, p. 18-19 .

Individual evidence

^ In: William H. Emory: Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey, Made under the Direction of the Secretary of the Interior . Volume 2, 1859, p. 216, online .
^ Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . Volume 14, 1879, p. 248, online .
↑ John Gilbert Baker: On Dasylirion and Beaucarnea . In: Journal of Botany, British and Foreign. Volume 10, London 1872, p. 326.

[1] In: William H. Emory: Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey, Made under the Direction of the Secretary of the Interior . Volume 2, 1859, p. 216, online .

[2] Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . Volume 14, 1879, p. 248, online .

[3] John Gilbert Baker: On Dasylirion and Beaucarnea . In: Journal of Botany, British and Foreign. Volume 10, London 1872, p. 326.