PLANTS Profile for Nolina microcarpa (sacahuista)

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Nolina microcarpa S. Watson
sacahuista

Symbol:

NOMI

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Liliaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Mexico. Usage Requirements.

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Nolina microcarpa S. Watson

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Distribution:
Nolina microcarpa S. Watson


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USA (AZ, NM, UT)

Related Taxa:
Nolina microcarpa S. Watson

View 108 genera in Liliaceae, 14 species in Nolina

Classification:
Nolina microcarpa S. Watson

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Liliidae
Order	Liliales
Family	Liliaceae – Lily family
Genus	Nolina Michx. – beargrass
Species	Nolina microcarpa S. Watson – sacahuista

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Nolina microcarpa S. Watson

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Arizona:
beargrass, sacahuista		Salvage restricted, Harvest Restricted

More Accounts and Images:
Nolina microcarpa S. Watson

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 42995.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 09/20/2008 06:52 AM MDT