Nolina parryi

S. Watson

Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 14: 247. 1879.

Common names: Parry nolina giant nolina
Synonyms: Nolina bigelovii subsp. parryi (S. Watson) E. Murray Nolina bigelovii var. parryi (S. Watson) L. D. Benson Nolina bigelovii subsp. wolfii (Munz) E. Murray Nolina bigelovii var. wolfii (Munz) L. D. Benson Nolina parryi subsp. wolfii Munz Nolina wolfii
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Mentioned on page 421.
Revision as of 21:45, 16 December 2019 by FNA>Volume Importer

Plants caulescent; rosettes from woody, branched caudices and forming small colonies. Stems 5–21 dm. Leaves 65–220 per rosette; blade wiry, upright, or lax, 50–140 cm × 20–40 mm, rarely glaucous; bases broad, spoon-shaped, 5–16.5 cm wide; margins serrulate, not filiferous. Scape 4–17 dm, 26–90 mm diam. at base. Inflorescences compound paniculate, 9–18 × 20–130 cm; bracts persistent, 15–36 cm, papery; bractlets laciniate, to 10 mm, fragile. Flowers: tepals 2.5–5 mm; fertile stamens: filaments 3–4 mm, anthers 1.3–1.8 mm; infertile stamens: filaments 1–2.5 mm, anthers 0.4–0.5 mm; pedicel erect, proximal to joint 0.5–2 mm, distal to joint 1–2 mm. Capsules thin-walled, 9–13 × 8–11 mm, notched basally and apically. Seeds reddish brown, ovoid to oblong, bursting ovary wall, 3–4  2–3 mm. 2n = 38.


Phenology: Flowering spring.
Habitat: Rocky slopes of desert and pinyon-juniper woodlands
Elevation: 900–2100 m

Discussion

When P. A. Munz and J. C. Roos (1950) named Nolina parryi subsp. wolfii, a mountain woodland plant, the related coastal entity became known as N. parryi subsp. parryi. J. C. Dice (1988) determined that the mountain entity, not the coastal one, was probably the basis for Watson’s N. parryi. Consequently, Dice reduced subsp. wolfii to synonymy under subsp. parryi, which left the coastal plants without a distinguishing name. Dice has named the plants as a separate species, N. cismontana.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Nolina parryi"
William J. Hess +
S. Watson +
Parry nolina +  and giant nolina +
900–2100 m +
Rocky slopes of desert and pinyon-juniper woodlands +
Flowering spring. +
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts +
Nolina bigelovii subsp. parryi +, Nolina bigelovii var. parryi +, Nolina bigelovii subsp. wolfii +, Nolina bigelovii var. wolfii +, Nolina parryi subsp. wolfii +  and Nolina wolfii +
Nolina parryi +
species +