Nolina interrata

Dehesa nolina, Dehesa Nolina

Family: Ruscaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.1

Dehesa nolina is a rare (CNPS 1B.1) California native perennial found in southwestern San Diego County in foothills on gabbro soils at elevations of 200 to 700 meters. Flowering from June to July, this plant produces pale flowers in tall inflorescences rising 5 to 16 decimeters high. Growing in dense rosettes with multiple underground horizontal stems, it forms robust clusters with 10 to 45 leaves per rosette. Its leaves are notably broad, 12 to 35 millimeters wide, with a glaucous blue-green color and minutely serrated margins, emerging from a base 2 to 6 centimeters wide. The plant produces small red-brown seeds approximately 4 to 6 millimeters in size.

Habitat: Foothills on gabbro soils

Bloom period: Jun-Jul

Elevation: 200-700 m

Bioregions: sw PR (sw San Diego Co.)

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