Nolina cismontana

Chaparral nolina, Chaparral Nolina

Family: Ruscaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.2

Chaparral nolina is a rare (CNPS 1B.2) California native perennial found in southern coastal, western Transverse, and Peninsular Ranges in dry chaparral of coastal mountains at elevations of 200 to 1,300 meters. Flowering from May to July, this plant produces white flowers on tall branching inflorescences up to 1.8 meters high. Growing with an erect stem less than 3 meters tall, it forms dense rosettes of 30 to 90 tough, leathery leaves. Its leaves are 12 to 30 millimeters wide, occasionally with a bluish-green cast, with finely toothed margins and a broad base up to 8.5 centimeters wide. The plant produces small red-brown seeds approximately 3 to 4 millimeters long.

Habitat: dry chaparral of coastal mountains

Bloom period: May-Jul

Elevation: 200-1300 m

Bioregions: SCo, WTR, PR.

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.