Nolina Georgiana
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Nolina Georgiana in Georgia |
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Nolina georgiana is a species of the genus Nolina in the asparagus family (Asparagaceae). An English common name is "Georgia Beargrass".
description
Nolina georgiana grows without a trunk, is rhizomatous and forms clumps 1 to 2 m in diameter. The variable grass-like, green leaves are 70 to 150 cm long and 4 to 10 mm wide. The leaf margins are serrated.
The inflorescence is 1 to 1.5 m high and is branched several times. The yellow, green to tan flowers are 1.9 to 2.5 mm long and wide. The flowering period is in April.
The woody capsule fruits , ovate to round when ripe, are 7 to 10 mm in diameter. The brown, spherical seeds are 2 to 4 mm in diameter. 5 to 8 mm wide and 1 mm thick. The seeds ripen in June.
Nolina georgiana is to minus 10 ° C frost-hardy . She is hardly known.
Distribution, systematics and endangerment
Nolina georgiana is endemic to a limited area at sea level in the US states on the east coast of Georgia and South Carolina . It grows together with Yucca filamentosa and various Opuntia species.
It was first described in 1803 by André Michaux .
Nolina georgiana is a member of the Nolina section . It is rare and grows in a restricted area. Characteristic are the grass-like, long leaves that are similar to the Nolina brittoniana found in the south of Florida . However, the leaves of Nolina georgiana are longer. Both types are fire resistant. Nolina georgiana is endangered by new settlements.
photos
In central Georgia
In forest regions in Georgia
proof
literature
- Fritz Hochstätter : The Genus Nolina. (Nolinaceae) . Piante Grasse, 2010, p. 7 .
Individual evidence
Web links
- Nolina georgiana in the Flora of North America