Nolina texana

Nolina lends its name to the family Nolinaceae (sometimes treated as the subfamily Nolinoideae within the Asparagus Family), and this group is concentrated in the southern United States and in Mexico. Like its relatives, Nolina texana has separate male and female plants bearing thousands of tiny flowers that attract bees. As can be seen from the yellow pollen visible in the lower photo, ours is a male. The buds are purple-tinged, while the open flowers are white. Some species of Nolina have a trunk, but this is one of those that do not have one, and such trunkless species are sometimes called "bear grass". This common name is also used for other unrelated plants, and in any case it is not a grass at all. The plant's name refers to its occurrence in Texas, but it is also found in surrounding states and in northern Mexico.

-Brian

9/27/22

Taken the same day as the previous post, this was a Texas sacahuista (Nolina texana). They occur central Texas to the upper Rio Grande Plains & Trans-Pecos, north Mexico, and as west as southeastern Arizona wherever there are woodland openings or borders with rocky soil. Contrary to its appearance, it's not a grass, but is closer in relations to yucca. From spring to early summer, they produce small, white to cream flowersin dense vertical clusters that barely protrude above the foliage and eventually become 3-lobed seeds. #plant #plants #flower #flowers #texasplants #texasplant #texaswildflower #texaswildflowers #texasflowers #texasflowers #texasnativeplants #txplants #tropicalplants #tropicalplant #texasnature #nature #flora #vascularplant #plantae #tracheophyta #angiosperms #monocot #asparagales #asparagaceae #nolinoideae #nolina #nolinatexana #texassacahuista #bunchgrass (at Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjOgPYLqujc/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

April leaves: Polygonatum multiflorum, Solomon's Seal. This poor plant has been in buckets and pots since 2012 and is waiting for the forest to be cleared of ivy before resting in its new home at La Macchina Fissa. #leaves #asparagaceae #nolinoideae #gardens #gardening #readingretreatsinruralitaly #lamacchinafissa (presso La Macchina Fissa) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwHBaDSBeJu/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=4n4q0y5slppc

False Solomon's Seal, Maianthemum racemosum (by me)

Dracaena Nolinoideae

With regular watering, lots of sun, and the occasional feeding, the Dracaena will flourish. Technically a succulent, it may tolerate high temperatures and varying humidities - making for the perfect houseplant and friend.

beaucarnea

Beaucarnea is a Latin word, the meaning of which is "pink eye". It is actually a species of flowering aromatic plants native to central Mexico and Central America. In the APG III category, it is placed as a subfamily Nolinoideae, of the family Asparagaceae.

The genus beaucarnea has been extremely important to the history of botany, the study of plants. The name beaucarnea was given to the species after a Spanish doctor, Bartommeo Francisco de Doors, noticed that young plants affected by the leaf blight, known as onychomycosis, appeared with pale pink spots on the leaves. Beausape, meaning "not dead", was the first description that can be attributed to this condition. It has now become a synonym for the term "notch" in North American English, referring to the young plants that appear dead but which are actually alive and growing.

In central Mexico, beaucarnea grows in fields, along roads and railways. These tall plants are found on fences, walls or even fences that surround a house, as they look so imposing standing alone! Beaucarnea becomes especially important in areas where the soil is sandy; sandy soils are highly productive for most plants, because they are so abundant and so good for irrigation. They grow best in well drained soils that are not too heavy. The tall stems of these plants make them good candidates for hanging baskets in a sunny window, and they would also be equally happy on a porch or patio as long as the plant receives enough natural sunlight.

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Yes. Full thickness, 6 cm x 4 cm x 0.5 cm front, 7 cm x 4 cm x 0.6 cm back. Do you happen to know where I can find some dragon's blood (Dracanea, subfamily Nolinoideae) and a diet coke around here.

🌱| Dracaena (/drəˈsiːnə/,[2] derived from the romanized form of the Ancient Greek δράκαινα – drakaina, "female dragon") is a genus of about 120 species of trees and succulent shrubs.[3] In the APG IV classification system, it is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Nolinoideae (formerly the family Ruscaceae).[4][5] It has also formerly been separated (sometimes with Cordyline) into the family Dracaenaceae or placed in the Agavaceae (now Agavoideae) #plant #plants #plantsofinstagram #interiors #interiordecorating #friday #fridaymood #tgif #window #windowsill #windowplants #windowplants #trees #succulents #succulentsofinstagram #treesofinstagram #etsyshop #etsyseller #goodafternoon #beautifulhomes #dracena #houseof303 | 🌿 (at 303 FaceBody) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrYZtNNFnP7/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=xawcupfqvnl9

Nolina nelsonii

Like their relatives in Beaucarnea and Dasylirion, plants in Nolina have separate male and female individuals. This plant of Nolina nelsonii is a female, and its inflorescence bearing many thousands of tiny flowers has a slightly greenish tint. The flowers are very attractive to bees, and one can be seen visiting the flowers in the lower photo. This species is notable for the blue color of its leaves, and it is one of the trunk-forming species, so it makes an imposing specimen in a garden. From the southwestern part of Tamaulipas, in northeastern Mexico.

-Brian

Beaucarnea recurvata

This plant from southeastern Mexico is often seen as a potted plant, but many of those who grow it are unaware of how huge it can get in the ground in places where below-freezing temperatures are a rarity. It is sometimes called the "pony tail palm", though it is not a palm at all. Instead, it belongs to the subfamily Nolinoideae within the Asparagus Family. Like other plants in this group, Beaucarnea recurvata has separate male and female individuals. As can be seen from the anthers tipped with yellow pollen in the lower photo, our plant is a male.

-Brian

Dasylirion longissimum

Dasylirions belong to the subfamily Nolinoideae within the Asparagus Family. They occur in the southwestern United States and in much of Mexico. Like all plants in the Nolinoideae, they occur as separate male and female individuals, though it is not until they reach flowering size that one can tell which sex they are. At the Ruth Bancroft Garden, we have male and female plants of Dasylirion longissimum growing alongside each other, and in the upper photo the male plant is on the right, with somewhat wider inflorescences, while the female is on the left. The middle photo is a close-up of the male flowers, and the lower photo shows the female flowers. As the female flowers move on to developing their seeds, the color slowly changes to a rust-red hue, lasting through the autumn months, while the male inflorescence does not go through a color change. Dasylirion longissimum comes from the states of Hidalgo and Queretaro in east-central Mexico.

-Brian

Dasylirion longissimum

This wonderful species from east-central Mexico has a very large head of needle-like leaves atop a short trunk that takes many years to develop. It generally flowers after the summer solstice, unlike the similar-looking Dasylirion quadrangulatum, which occurs farther north and flowers earlier in the year. Like all Dasylirion species, this one has separate male and female plants, each with a tall stalk bearing thousands of tiny creamy-white flowers that are beloved by bees. While the male inflorescences turn straw-colored after flowering, the female ones (pictured here) take on reddish tones that last through the fall. The genus Dasylirion belongs to the subfamily Nolinoideae in the Asparagus Family; this group was formerly treated as its own family - Nolinaceae.

-Brian

Nolina longifolia

Clarity is a little hard to find when it comes to the naming of nolinas, since there is no book published on the genus. While some species in the genus grow in clumps and look very much like large grasses, others develop woody trunks in time. The plant pictured is one of the latter, although it is slow-growing and has not yet grown tall enough for the fissured bark of the trunk to be visible beneath the shaggy skirts of old leaves. We have it labeled as Nolina longifolia, from southern Mexico, but it differs from our larger plant of this species in that it is flowering in winter rather than in spring. Some authors have suggested that N. longifolia be included in N. parviflora, but that species is described as notable for its “short, broad, widely branched panicles”, which certainly does not fit our plants with their tall narrow panicles. Like all Nolina species, this one has separate male and female plants, with thousands of tiny flowers that are irresistible to bees.

-Brian

Dasylirion longissimum

This plant is sometimes called the Mexican Grass Tree, but it is not a true grass at all, belonging to the Nolina Family (recently moved into the Asparagus Family, as the subfamily Nolinoideae). Plants in this family have separate male and female individuals, though one can’t tell which is which until they come into flower. Pictured here are a male plant (above) and a female (below). As the tiny flowers give way to developing seed capsules, the female flower stalks turn stunning shades of reddish-brown, and this display goes on for months. In contrast, the male flower stalks are always straw-colored. Without the flowers, this species is hard to tell apart from the related Dasylirion quadrangulatum, but that species grows much farther north, has a differently-shaped flower spike, and flowers earlier in the year. D. longissimum comes from the Mexican states of Hidalgo and Queretaro.

-Brian

Dasylirion durangense

Flowering Dasylirions are a prominent feature at the Ruth Bancroft Garden in late summer, since we have many of them. These plants are related to the Nolinas, and were formerly placed in the family Nolinaceae, but in new classifications this whole family is treated as a subfamily (Nolinoideae) within the large Asparagus Family. Like the other plants in the Nolinoideae, this one has separate male and female plants, and ours is a male, so it will not make seeds. Its flowers are very tiny and clustered along short finger-like branches coming off the main stalk. They are very attractive to bees. D. durangense is closely related to Dasylirion wheeleri, which extends northward into the southwestern United States.

-Brian