Nolina parryi
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Nolina parryi (Parry's beargrass,[1] Parry nolina,[2] or giant nolina)[2] is a flowering plant that is native to Baja California, southern California and Arizona.
Description
It can exceed Template:Cvt in height, its inflorescence reaching Template:Cvt. The trunk is up to Template:Cvt in diameter. The leaves are borne in dense rosettes, each with up to 220 stiff linear leaves up to Template:Cvt long and Template:Cvt broad.[3] It is dioecious, with separate male and female plants; the flowers are white, about Template:Cvt wide, produced on the Template:Cvt tall plume-like inflorescence from April to June.[2][3][4]
Distribution and habitat
Native to Baja California, southern California[3] and Arizona, the species can be found in deserts and mountains at altitudes of up to Script error: No such module "convert"..
Uses
Native Americans consumed the young stems and wove the leaves into baskets.[3]
References
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Further reading
- Stewart, Jon Mark (1998), Mojave Desert Wildflowers, p. 7.
External links
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- Nolina
- Flora of California
- Flora of Arizona
- Flora of Baja California
- North American desert flora
- Flora of the California desert regions
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the Mojave Desert
- Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
- Plants described in 1879
- Taxa named by Sereno Watson
- Flora without expected TNC conservation status