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| habit, showing fruits | flowers |
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| habit and flowers--the inflorescence of Nolina texana is much shorter than that of N. lindheimeriana |
inflorescence
-- 30-60cm tall
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| inflorescence closeup--how many stamens and tepals (do you remember what these are?) are present? Is this a dicot or a monocot? |
very young inflorescene
in early March--do you see the leaflike bracts?
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| infructescence -- fruiting stalk in summer | fruits closeup--these fruits look much different than the fruits of Nolina lindheimeriana! |
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another close-up of the
fruits
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The leaves of Nolina texana (right cross-section) are hemispherical, whereas those of N. lindheimeriana are more flattened (left cross-section). |
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| habit and typical habitat (limestone rock ledges) | maturing fruits |
