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{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
{{Taxobox
{{Speciesbox
| name = Sand Beargrass
| image = Nolina erumpens fh 0523.46 TX. Im Cottonwood Canyon in = Texas.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = in Cottonwood Canyon in = Texas
| genus = [[Nolina]]▼
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| species = N. erumpens▼
| divisio = [[ANgiosperms]]
| authority = (Torr.) S.Wats.
| classis = [[Monocots]]
| synonyms_ref = <ref name="mommabear"/>
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| synonyms =
| familia = [[Asparagaceae]]
*''Dasylirion erumpens'' <small>Torr. in W.H.Emory</small>
| subfamilia = [[Nolinaceae]]
*''Beaucarnea erumpens'' <small>(Torr.) Baker</small>
▲| genus = [[Nolina]]
▲| species = N. erumpens
| binomial = Nolina erumpens
| binomial_authority =
}}
 
Sand Beargrass, also known as Nolina erumpens is a member of the [[Asparagaceae]] family subfamily [[Nolinacaeae]] native to [[New Mexico]], [[Texas]] and adjacent regions of north [[Mexico]].
'''''Nolina erumpens''''', the '''foothill beargrass''',<ref>{{PLANTS|id=NOER|taxon=Nolina erumpens|accessdate=20 July 2015}}</ref> '''mesa sacahuista''',<ref name=FNA/> or '''sand beargrass,''' is a member of the subfamily [[Nolinaceae]] of family [[Asparagaceae]], native to [[New Mexico]], [[Texas]] and adjacent regions of north [[Mexico]].<ref name="mommabear">[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=282156 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref>
 
==Description==
The 2-2.6 feet long, 0.8 inch wide longitudinally grooved leaves of ''N. erumpens'' grow in wide tufts, and are sharp and serrated on the margins with loose-hanging filament-like appendages. The inflorenscencesinflorescences are club shaped and rarely grow longer than the leaves, and bear numerous tiny, cream-colouredcolored flowers.<ref name=FNA>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242101799 Flora of North America, Vol. 26 Page 416, 418, Mesa sacahuista, ''Nolina erumpens'' (Torrey) S. Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts. 14: 248. 1879. ]</ref> The plant flowers in the late spring and early summer and the flowers attract ants, wasps and bees.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80359503|title=Little Big Bend : Common, Uncommon, and Rare Plants of Big Bend National Park|last=Morey|first=Roy|date=2008|publisher=Texas Tech University Press|isbn=9780896726130|location=Lubbock|pages=39|oclc=80359503}}</ref> Fruit is capsule-shaped and thin-walled.<ref name=":0" />
 
==Cultivation==
N.''Nolina erumpens'' is extremely rare in amateur private collections but may be found in some botanical gardens among collections of succulent plants.<ref>Complete Encyclopedia of Succulents by Zdenek Jezek and Libor Kunte</ref>
 
==References==
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*The Complete Encyclopedia of Succulents by Zdenek Jezek and Libor Kunte
 
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[[Category:Nolina|erumpens]]
[[Category:Flora of Chihuahua (state)]]
[[Category:Flora of Texas]]
[[Category:Flora of New Mexico]]
[[Category:Plants described in 1858]]
[[Category:Taxa named by John Torrey]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Sereno Watson]]
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