Nolina cismontana, DICE

Hernández-Sandoval, Luis & Rebman, Jon P., 2018, The Genus Nolina (Asparagaceae) of the Baja California Peninsula, and the Recognition of a New Species Combination, Systematic Botany (Basel, Switzerland) 43 (3), pp. 717-733 : 729-730

NOLINA CISMONTANA DICE

Plants caulescent; rosettes 3 to 7; stems 30–150 cm. Leaves 30 to 90 per rosette; blade wiry, 50–140 cm long, 12–30 mm wide, occasionally glaucous, margins denticulate, not filiferous; bases spoon-shaped, 30–85 mm long. Scape 40–150 cm, 14–35 mm diam at base. Inflorescences paniculate, 90–180 cm long, 10–40 cm wide; bracts persistent, conspicuous. Pistillate flowers 3 to 5 mm diam on pedicels erect, 3 to 5 mm long, articulate at or above the middle, surrounded by laciniate bractlets; tepals 2.5 to 5 mm long, staminoids 1–1.2 mm, anthers 0.4–0.6 mm; Staminate flowers 3 to 5 mm diam; filaments 2 to 4 mm long, anthers to 1.2 mm; Fruit 8.2–11.2 mm long, 9–12 mm wide, notched basally and apically. Seeds ovoid, 4 to 5 mm long, 3 to 4 mm wide, reddish brown, exposed at fruit maturity. Figure 11 .

According to Hess (2002), N. cismontana flowers in early to mid-spring, and grows on rocky hillsides in dry chaparral of coastal mountains from 200 to 1300 m in elevation.

Figures

FIG. 11. A–E. Nolina cismontana. A. N. cismontana growing on Camp Pendleton in northwestern San Diego County, California. B. Habit with inflorescence. C. Leaf bases. D. Leaf lamina. E. Fruits. F–H. Nolina parryi. F. N. parryi on Whale Peak in Eastern San Diego County, California. G. Rosette. H. Infructescence. Photos by Jon Rebman.