| Author: |
Charles Lemaire, 1861 |
| Family: |
NOLINACEAE* |
| Origin: |
SW Mexico |
| Soil: |
Mix |
| Water:
|
Medium |
| Sun: |
Maximum |
| Thickness: |
3,5 Metres |
| Height: |
5 Metres |
| Flower:
|
Crème -
Maroon |
| Propagate: |
Seeds |
| Names:
|
Ponytail
Palm, Bottle Palm |
| Synonyms: |
Beaucarnea purpusii, Joseph Nelson Rose, 1906.
Beaucarnea glauca, Hereman.
Dasylirion laxiflorum, Baker.
Dasylirion strictum, J.F.Macbr.
Nolina glauca, Mottet.
Nolina stricta, Mottet.
Pincenectia glauca, K.Koch & Fintelm.
Pincenectia stricta, K.Koch & Fintelm. |
This member of the Nolinaceae
family was given this name by
Charles Lemaire in 1861. It is found in the
south-western Mexico, growing in a well drained soil with some water and
lots of sun. The stem can grow up to three and a half meter in
diameter and reach five meters in height. The flowers are from crème
coloured to maroon. The
genera name after Monsieur Beaucarne, a Belgian succulent plant
grower who first collected flowers of the genera. The species name
means 'tight, close, strait, drawn together'.
*)Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG
IV 2016,
Nolinaceae
is
now part of
the Asparagaceae. |
