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Chaparral Beargrass, Chaparral Bear Grass, Chaparral Nolina, Beargrass, Bear Grass (Nolina micrantha), Liliaceae Family, endemic Texas native, perennial, evergreen, subshrub/shrub, blooms in summer

Nolina micrantha may be used as a groundcover to decrease erosion on slopes and in cactus and rock gardens as well as xeriscapes and wildscapes. It sends up several beautiful branched infloresences in the summer.

Native range:
http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/cgi/vpt_map_name?reg=7,10&nam...

For more information, see its entry in the PlantFiles:
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/112980/index.html

A Nolina micrantha surviving a drought ...