Nolina parryi
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| Nolina parryi S.Watson |
Nolina parryi (Parry's Nolina or Giant Nolina) is a flowering plant in the family Ruscaceae, endemic to Joshua Tree National Park and the Kingston Range in the Mojave Desert in California. It grows to 0.3-2.1 m tall, as high as 4 m when in flower, with a trunk up to 60 cm in diameter, and a dense head of 65-220 spirally arranged, linear leaves 50-140 cm long and 2-4 cm broad. It is dioecious, with separate male and female plants; the flowers are white, produced on a tall plume-like flower stalk that normally appears in late spring.
[edit] References
- Jepson Flora Project: Nolina parryi
- Flora of North America: Nolina parryi
- Images from the CalPhotos archive
- Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Jon Mark Stewart, 1998, pg. 7
