Nolina erumpens, the foothill beargrass, mesa sacahuista, or sand beargrass, is a member of the subfamily Convallarioideae (formerly Nolinoideae) of family Asparagaceae, native to New Mexico, Texas and adjacent regions of north Mexico.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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 inflorescences are club shaped and rarely grow longer than the leaves, and bear numerous tiny, cream-colored flowers.Flora of North America, Vol. 26 Page 416, 418, Mesa sacahuista, Nolina erumpens (Torrey) S. Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts. 14: 248. 1879. The plant flowers in the late spring and early summer and the flowers attract ants, wasps and bees. Fruit is capsule-shaped and thin-walled.
Cultivation Nolina erumpens is extremely rare in amateur private collections but may be found in some botanical gardens among collections of succulent plants.Complete Encyclopedia of Succulents by Zdenek Jezek and Libor Kunte
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