The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California

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Key to NOLINA

N.B.: couplets are linked, e.g., 1. is linked to 1'.

  1. Old leaf margins fibrous-shredding; bracts deciduous; seeds gray — s Mojave Desert, Sonoran Desert
N. bigelovii
  1' Leaf margins minutely and persistently serrate; bracts persistent; seeds reddish brown
 
    2. Aboveground stem ± 0; mature rosettes with < 45 leaves; leaf bases barely expanded; inflorescence < 1.6 m; bracts ± small — sw Peninsular Ranges
N. interrata
    2' Aboveground stem obvious; mature rosettes with 45–200 leaves; leaf bases strongly expanded; inflorescence 1.6–4 m; bracts large, papery
N. parryi


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