Nolina cismontana
chaparral beargrass, chaparral nolina, Peninsular beargrass
to 3 dm, occasionally to 15 dm.
30–90 per rosette;
blade wiry, upright, or lax, 50–140 cm × 12–30 mm, occasionally glaucous;
bases broad, spoon-shaped, 30–85 mm;
margins serrulate, not filiferous.
4–15 dm, 14–35 mm diam. at base.
compound paniculate, 9–18 dm × 10–40 cm;
bracts persistent, conspicuous;
bractlets laciniate.
tepals 2–5 mm;
fertile stamens: filaments 2–4 mm, anthers to 1.2 mm;
infertile stamens: filaments 1–1.2 mm, anthers 0.4–0.6 mm;
pedicel erect, proximal to joint to 2 mm, distal to joint 1–3 mm.
thin-walled, 8.2–11.2 × 9–12 mm, notched basally and apically.
reddish brown, ovoid, bursting ovary wall, 4–5 3–4 mm.
Nolina cismontana
Of conservation concern.
P. A. Munz and J. C. Roos (1950) mistakenly believed that this coastal entity was the basis of Nolina parryi S. Watson (J. C. Dice 1988). Dice determined that it is not “typical” N. parryi and is sufficiently distinct to recognize separately. Few populations of N. cismontana exist, and they are of conservation concern.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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