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Nolina longifolia

Planted specimen with old flower-seed stalk.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 04/03/2018, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Foliage covering swollen stem base; planted near Fordell, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 04/03/2018, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Swollen stem base with corky bark; planted near Fordell, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 04/03/2018, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common names

Mexican grass tree, Oaxacan tree nolina

Biostatus

Exotic

Conservation status

Not applicable

Structural class

Trees & Shrubs - Monocotyledons

Simplified description

Shrub with usually undivided trunk rising to 2 m from a massive bulbous base; leaves long, drooping and hiding the trunk, until the trunk elongates.

Flower colours

White

Similar taxa

Other Nolina species.

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Nolina

Family

Asparagaceae

Authority

Nolina longifolia (Karw. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Hemsl.

Synonyms

Beaucarnea longifolia
Yucca longifolia,
Dasylirion longifolium

Endemic family

Ecology

Year naturalised

Dec 2008*

Origin

Mexico

Reason for introduction

Ornamental

Life cycle and dispersal

* date of first NZ collection of naturalised seedlings

Other information

Etymology

longifolia: Long leaf

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