Nolina parryi, S. WATSON

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 : 731-732

NOLINA PARRYI S. WATSON

Plants caulescent; rosettes from woody, branched caudices and forming small colonies. Stems 0.5 to 2.1 m. Leaves 65 to 220 per rosette; blade helicoidal, 50 to 140 cm long, 20 to 40 mm wide, rarely glaucous; bases spoon-shaped, 5–16.5 cm wide; margins denticulate. Scape 40–170 cm, 26–90 mm diam at base. Inflorescences 20 to 130 cm long, 9–18 cm wide; bracts persistent, 15 to 36 cm long, papery. Pistillate flowers 3 to 5.5 mm diam on pedicel erect, 3 to 4 mm long, articulated at or above the middle, surrounded by laciniate bractlets, to 10 mm, fragile; tepals 2.5 to 5 mm; staminoids 1–2.5 mm long, anthers 0.4 to 0.5 mm long. Staminate flowers 3–5.5 mm diam, stamens 3–4 mm, anthers 1.3–1.8 mm. Fruits 9 to 13 mm long, 8 to 11 mm wide, notched basally and apically. Seeds ovoid to oblong, 3–4 mm long, 2–3 mm wide, reddish brown, exposed at fruit maturity. Figure 11 .

According to Hess (2002), N. parryi flowers in early spring and grows on rocky slopes of desert and pinyon-juniper woodlands from 900 to 2100 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.