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Dehesa Nolina
Nolina interrata
  
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About Dehesa Nolina (Nolina interrata) 0 Nurseries Carry This Plant Nolina interrata is a rare species of flowering plant known by the common names Dehesa nolina and Dehesa beargrass. It is known from about ten occurrences in central San Diego County, California, and fewer than 100 individual plants on land across the border in Baja California. The plant was first described in 1946 when found at the type locality near El Cajon, California, and all the individuals known in California are located within a six-square-mile area there. Although rare, numbering about 9,000 plants total in existence, the species is relatively well protected in its habitat and a proposal for federal protected status was withdrawn. This plant produces a branching stem, part of which grows underground, lined with rosettes of stiff, waxy, blue-green leaves, up to 45 per rosette. The leaves are thick and somewhat fleshy at the bases, and shreddy and serrated along the edges. The erect flower cluster may be up to 1.6 meters tall, bearing branches lined with tiny flowers each with six whitish petals a few millimeters long. The fruit is a papery capsule containing reddish brown seeds about half a centimeter wide.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Plant Type
Grasses, Shrub

Size
Size
5.3 ft tall

Flower Color
Flower Color
Cream, White, Red, Brown

Flowering Season
Flowering Season
Summer

Wildlife Supported
 


 
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Gray Hairstreak Strymon melinusStrymon melinus
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Sosipatra rileyellaSosipatra rileyella

Landscaping Information
Sun
Sun
Full Sun

Moisture
Moisture
Very Low

Common uses
Common uses
Groundcovers

Natural Setting
Site Type
Site Type
Gabbro slopes

Climate
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 14.1" - 17.5", Summer Precipitation: 0.39" - 0.63", Coldest Month: 48.3" - 51.2", Hottest Month: 75.6" - 77.7", Humidity: 1.40" - 22.05", Elevation: 485" - 2462"

Alternative Names
Common Names: Dehesa Beargrass


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Sources include: Wikipedia. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the California Consortia of Herbaria, Sunset information provided by Jepson Flora Project. Propogation from seed information provided by the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include CalPhotos, Wikimedia Commons, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include Calflora, CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online, Jepson Flora Project, Las Pilitas, Theodore Payne, Tree of Life, The Xerces Society, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.

Links:   Jepson eFlora Taxon Page  CalPhotos  Wikipedia  Calflora


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