Nolina hibernicaThis Nolina has a large head of strap-like leaves, looking like a giant clump of gra

Nolina hibernica

This Nolina has a large head of strap-like leaves, looking like a giant clump of grass, but it develops a tall trunk in time. Our plant is just starting to form a trunk, and this is the first time it has flowered. The inflorescence is impressively tall, with thousands of tiny greenish-white flowers. Like other related plants (such as Beaucarnea), it has separate male and female individuals, and this one is a female. Bees are very fond of the flowers. From southern Nuevo Leon and adjacent southwestern Tamaulipas in the Sierra Madre Oriental of northeastern Mexico.

-Brian