Texas Sacahuista (Nolina texana)
Description
Texas bear-grass is a 1 1/2-2 1/2 ft.-perennial-with large, woody, basal stems growing in a clump. Leaves-evergreen,-firm textured, long, thin, up to 4 feet long by 3/16 inch wide, forming a thick clump. Flowers small, white to cream, in dense vertical clusters 10 inches or more long by 2 inches or more wide at the tops of rather short stems, appearing in spring and early summer.-Fruit-distinctly 3-lobed, a thin-walled-capsule-3/16 to 1/4 inch wide. Flowers barely protrude above the foliage.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Liliopsida
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Order: Asparagales
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Family: Asparagaceae
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Genus: Nolina
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