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Photo by Stan Shebs, Plantlust.com.


Flowering male plant by Mark Dimmitt, Desertmuseum.org.


A large plant by Thomas Van Devender, Swbiodiversity.org.

Author: 

Ira Loren Wiggins, 1940

Family:  NOLINACEAE*
Origin: 

Chihuahua, Sonora; NW Mexico

Soil: 

Mix

Water: 

Medium

Sun: 

Maximum

Thickness: 

50 Centimetres

Height: 

8 Metres

Flower: 

White - Cream-Coloured

Propagate: 

Seeds

Names: 

Tree Beargrass

Synonyms:  -

This dioecious member of the Nolinaceae* family was given this name by Ira Loren Wiggins in 1940. It is found in Chihuahua and Sonora in north-western Mexico all the way to the east, growing in a well drained soil with some water and lots of sun. The stem can grow to 50 centimetres in diameter, the entire plant from three to eight metres in height. The flowers are white to cream-coloured.

The genera name after P. C. Nolin, a French agriculturalist and horticultural author. The genera name The species is named after the locality it first was found in: Matapé in Sonora, Mexico.

*)Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG IV 2016, Nolinaceae is now part of the Asparagaceae.


Habitat by Ana L. Reina-Guerrero, Swbiodiversity.org.


Small plant by Geoff, Agaveville.org.