Re: Nolina texana
A somewhat more more pleasant description is to be found in the catalog of
Plants Delight Nursery:
Nolina texana 52-8s ( Bear Grass )
Sun 24" tall Zone: 7-10, at least Origin: Mexico
This seed collection of N. texana from 6,700' (#52-8) came from a Yucca Do
expedition to Coahuila Mexico. The typical
green foliage makes a stiff rosette to 2' wide, topped with a stalk of tiny
white flowers in late spring... great for mixing into the
border for winter interest. Catalog #01776
This was from 1 of over 100 entries from Google.com the search engine from
Stanford.
On the whole it sounds like a dermatologic disaster but attractive.
Mary Manson wrote:
> >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
