Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Nolina georgiana
FAMILY
Ruscaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nolina georgiana
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Nolina georgiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Nolina georgiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-13-001:
Nolina georgiana FAMILY Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nolina georgiana
COMMON NAME:
Georgia Beargrass, Sandhill Lily
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JK Marlow jkm130406_729
April Richmond County GA
Fort Gordon
After a burn.
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JK Marlow jkm130406_771
April Richmond County GA
Fort Gordon
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmngeorgiana_laurens
May Laurens County SC
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmngeorgiana_laurensb
May Laurens County SC
Flowers 2-5 per node, functionally unisexual, staminate w reduced pistils, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm080713_069
July Aiken County SC
Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm080713_105
July Aiken County SC
Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve
Fruits a 3-lobed bladderlike capsule with thin "wings" on each angle, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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JK Marlow jkm080713_107
July Aiken County SC
Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve
Leaf blades grasslike, flexible, 3-8mm wide, glaucous; margins serrulate, per Flora of North America.
COMPARE
grass-like leaves of woodland or meadow flowering herbs
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmngeorgiana_laurens3
Month Unknown Laurens County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Nolina georgiana
FAMILY
Ruscaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nolina georgiana
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Nolina georgiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Nolina georgiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-13-001:
Nolina georgiana
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nolina georgiana
2683
Subshrub; Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, sometimes locally common on slightly less xeric lower sandhill slopes, shallow soils near rock outcrops, per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White/ Yellowish-green
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals
6 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual & unisexual in the same inflorescence
FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p238
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p305
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p429
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p356
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p108
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