Nolina nelsonii
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Nolina nelsonii is a species of the genus Nolina in the asparagus family (Asparagaceae). English common names are "Blue Beargrass Tree", "Nelson's Beargrass" and "Tree Sacahuista".
description
Nolina nelsonii is tree-shaped with heights of 1 to 4.5 m. The variable bluish to light green, linear leaves are 50 to 70 cm long and 10 to 30 mm wide. The leaf margins are finely serrated.
The inflorescence becomes 2 to 3 m high with numerous long, variable branches. The white to tan colored flowers are 3 mm long and in diameter. The flowering period extends from May to June.
The capsule fruits, which are woody when ripe, are 8 to 10 mm long and in diameter. The light brown, spherical to elongated seeds are 2 to 3 mm in diameter.
Nolina nelsonii is to minus 12 ° C frost-hardy . She is hardly known.
Distribution and systematics
Nolina nelsonii is common in Mexico in the state of Tamaulipas . It is associated with Dasylirion species.
Nolina nelsonii is a member of the Arborescentes section . It is rare, geographically isolated and has similarities to Nolina parryi , but differences in inflorescence and structure of the leaves become clear.
The first description was in 1906 by Joseph Nelson Rose .
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literature
- Fritz Hochstätter : The Genus Nolina. (Nolinaceae) . Piante Grasse, 2010, p. 30 .