Re: Nolina texana
- To: <k*@iol.ie>, "medit-plants" <m*@ucdavis.edu>
- Subject: Re: Nolina texana
- From: "* M* <t*@email.msn.com>
- Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 16:43:12 -0700
>Can anyone offer information on Nolina texana? I have one such plant in the
>garden, a smallish thing with a number of whippy shoots growing like a
>fountain. Alas I can find no reference to it in any of my books so may I
>invoke the expertise of the group?
>Val Dennison
>Rep. of Ireland
"be careful what you ask for ..... " I started with Yahoo as a search
engine :
http://bodd.cf.ac.uk/Indexes/GeneraSpecies.html chose the next address from
this option :
http://bodd.cf.ac.uk/BotDermFolder/BotDermA/AGAV.html#Nolina texana : here
are some copies of info :
Nolina texana S.Watson
Bunch Grass, Sucahuiste
This plant has caused irritant dermatitis (Muenscher 1951). (See also
VETERINARY ASPECTS) - and I next went to :
http://bodd.cf.ac.uk/BotDermFolder/BotDermA/AGAV.html#Veterinary Aspects -
that had much too much to copy - and much of it bad
..... I went back to Yahoo and clicked on the following link :
http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/tracy/taesre10.htm : contains more info
including this excerpt :
Poisonous plants present considerable problems in this harsh environment.
Major toxic species are threadleaf groundsel (Senecio douglasii), broom
snakeweed (Gutierrezia sarothrae), rayless goldenrod (Isocoma wrightii),
sacahiusta (Nolina texana),
lechuguilla, twoleaf senna (Cassia roemeriana), and loco (Astragalus).
Ohmeohmy - and you didn't know you were harboring this fugitive ? ..... ;- )
.....
Toni
