Key to Nolina
View taxon page for Nolina
(For a list of species in Nolina, use the above link.)
Jepson Manual glossary definitions can be seen by moving your cursor over words underlined with dots.
1. Stem below ground, horizontal;
leaf 
Organ arising from a stem, generally composed of a stalk (petiole) and a flat, expanded, green, photosynthetic area (blade); distinguished from a leaflet by the presence in its axil of a bud, branch, thorn, or flower; sometimes with lateral, basal appendages (stipules); either simple (toothed, lobed, or dissected but not divided into leaflets) or compound (divided into leaflets).
blade 
Expanded portion of a leaf, petal, or other structure, generally flat but sometimes rolled, cylindric, wavy, or cupped.
12–35 mm wide
..... N. interrata 1' Stem generally above ground,
erect 
Upright; vertically oriented.
; leaf blade 12–48 mm wide
2' Leaf margin in age not fibrous-shredding; seed red-brown; s SNH (Kern Plateau), SCo, WTR, e SnBr, PR
3. Leaf base 3–8.5 cm wide,
inflorescence 0.9–1.8 m; dry
chaparral of coastal mtns; SCo, WTR, PR
..... N. cismontana 3' Leaf base 5–16.5 cm wide; inflorescence 1.4–3.8 m; pinyon/juniper
woodland, rocky
desert slopes; s SNH (Kern Plateau), e SnBr, PR, DMtns, DSon
..... N. parryi
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