Flora of North America species comparison

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Nolina micrantha

chaparral beargrass
Habit Plants acaulescent, cespitose; rosettes from vertical, subterranean, branched caudices.
Leaf

blades stiff, wiry, concavo-convex, 80–130 cm × 4–6 mm, not glaucous;

margins entire or remotely serrulate, with widely separated, noncartilaginous teeth;

apex lacerate.
Scape

0.5–2 dm.
Inflorescences

paniculate, usually conspicuously tinged purple, 3.5–7.5 dm × 10–20 cm, held partially within rosettes;

main rachis and divisions slender, flexible;

bracts mostly persistent, to 30 cm, apex curled;

bractlets erose, 1.5–3 mm, margins hyaline.
Flowers

tepals 1.9–3.2 mm;

fertile stamens: filaments 0.9–1.3 mm, anthers 0.7–0.9 mm;

infertile stamens: filaments 0.5–0.7 mm, anthers 0.4–0.5 mm; fruiting pedicel erect, slender, articulate near middle, not noticeably dilated, proximal to joint to 1.5 mm, distal to joint to 2.5 mm.
Capsules

firm-walled, inflated, 3–4 × 4.3–5.5 mm.
Seeds

closely invested in capsules, rounded, bursting ovary walls, 3–4 mm diam.

Nolina micrantha
Phenology Flowering late spring–early summer.
Habitat Rocky limestone slopes or sandy soils, in grasslands
Elevation 1100–1400 m (3600–4600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
NM; TX
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Nolina micrantha is similar to N. texana except for the purple pigment throughout its inflorescences, later flowering dates, and less robust habit.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 26, p. 419.
Parent taxa Agavaceae > Nolina
Sibling taxa
N. arenicola, N. atopocarpa, N. bigelovii, N. brittoniana, N. cismontana, N. erumpens, N. georgiana, N. greenei, N. interrata, N. lindheimeriana, N. microcarpa, N. parryi, N. texana
Name authority I. M. Johnston: J. Arnold Arbor. 24: 91. (1943)
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