OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Nolina georgiana   FAMILY Ruscaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nolina georgiana   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Nolina georgiana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Nolina georgiana

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-13-001:

Nolina georgiana   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Nolina georgiana

 

COMMON NAME:
Georgia Beargrass, Sandhill Lily


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image of Nolina georgiana, Georgia Beargrass, Sandhill Lily

JK Marlow    jkm130406_729

April    Richmond County    GA

Fort Gordon

After a burn.

image of Nolina georgiana, Georgia Beargrass, Sandhill Lily

JK Marlow    jkm130406_771

April    Richmond County    GA

Fort Gordon

image of Nolina georgiana, Georgia Beargrass, Sandhill Lily

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmngeorgiana_laurens

May    Laurens County    SC

image of Nolina georgiana, Georgia Beargrass, Sandhill Lily

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmngeorgiana_laurensb

May    Laurens County    SC

Flowers 2-5 per node, functionally unisexual, staminate w reduced pistils, per Flora of North America.

image of Nolina georgiana, Georgia Beargrass, Sandhill Lily

JK Marlow    jkm080713_069

July    Aiken County    SC

Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve

image of Nolina georgiana, Georgia Beargrass, Sandhill Lily

JK Marlow    jkm080713_105

July    Aiken County    SC

Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve

Fruits a 3-lobed bladderlike capsule with thin "wings" on each angle, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

image of Nolina georgiana, Georgia Beargrass, Sandhill Lily

JK Marlow    jkm080713_107

July    Aiken County    SC

Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve

Leaf blades grasslike, flexible, 3-8mm wide, glaucous; margins serrulate, per Flora of North America.


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image of Nolina georgiana, Georgia Beargrass, Sandhill Lily

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmngeorgiana_laurens3

Month Unknown    Laurens County    SC

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Nolina georgiana   FAMILY Ruscaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nolina georgiana   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Nolina georgiana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Nolina georgiana

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-13-001:
Nolina georgiana   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nolina georgiana

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2683

Subshrub; Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, sometimes locally common on slightly less xeric lower sandhill slopes, shallow soils near rock outcrops, per Weakley's Flora

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White/ Yellowish-green
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals
6 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual & unisexual in the same inflorescence

FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule

 

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