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Plant Characteristics

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Subshrub , Shrub
Fruit Type: Capsule
Size Notes: Clump of leaves up to about 18 inches tall. Scape up to about 6 feet tall.
Leaf: Leaves up to about 3 feet long, reflexed.
Fruit: 3-locular.

Bloom Information

Bloom Color: White
Bloom Time: Mar , Apr , May

Distribution

USA: FL
Native Distribution: Listed as endangered in the United States.

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Threatened & Endangered Status

USFWS Species Profile: Q2E9
Status: Endangered
Historic Range: U.S.A. (FL)
Critical Habitat: N/A
Special Rules: N/A
This information is derived from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Serrvice Environmental Conservation Online System.

Web Reference

Webref 3 - Flora of North America (2014) Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
Webref 42 - Florida Natural Areas Inventory Field Guides (2001) Florida Natural Areas Inventory Field Guides

Research Literature

Reslit 2621 - Comparative genetics of seven plants endemic to Florida's Lake Wales ridge (2001) E. S. Menges, R. W. Dolan, R. Yahr, D. R. Gordon
Reslit 2622 - Population genetic structure in Nolina brittoniana (Agavaceae), a plant endemic to the central ridges of Florida (2004) R. W. Dolan, R. Yahr, E. S. Menges
Reslit 2623 - Genetic variation in past and current landscapes: conservation implications based on six endemic Florida scrub plants (2010) E. S. Menges, R. W. Dolan, R. Pickert, R. Yahr, D....
Reslit 2624 - Responses of rare plant species to fire in Florida's pyrogenic communities (2010) J. L. Slapcinsky, D. R. Gordon, E. S. Menges

This information was provided by the Florida WIldflower Foundation.
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Additional resources

USDA: Find Nolina brittoniana in USDA Plants
FNA: Find Nolina brittoniana in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Nolina brittoniana