Nolina parryi
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Nolinoideae |
| Genus: | Nolina |
| Species: | N. parryi
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Nolina parryi (Parry's beargrass,[2] Parry nolina,[3] or giant nolina[3]) is a flowering plant that is native to Baja California, southern California and Arizona.
It can be found in deserts and mountains at elevations up to 2100 meters.
Description[]
It can exceed two meters in height, its inflorescence reaching 4 meters. The trunk is up to 60 centimeters in diameter. Leaves are borne in dense rosettes, each with up to 220 stiff linear leaves up to 140 centimeters long and 4 broad. It is dioecious, with separate male and female plants; the flowers are white, produced on the tall plume-like inflorescence that normally appears in late spring.[3][4]
References[]
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ "{{{taxon}}}". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Flora of North America: Nolina parryi
- ^ Jepson Flora Project: Nolina parryi
- Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Jon Mark Stewart, 1998, pg. 7.
External links[]
- Calflora Database: Nolina parryi (Parry's beargrass, Parry's nolina)
- USDA Plants Profile for Nolina parryi (Parry's beargrass)
- UC CalPhotos gallery
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Categories:
- 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
- Asparagaceae stubs