Asparagaceae
Texas sacahuista
Nolina texana
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Nolina
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Common names
By language (4)
- Arabic
- نولينة تكسانية
- arz
- نولينه تكسانيه
- English
- Texas sacahuista, Beargrass, Sacahuista, Texas sacahuiste
- Spanish
- Sacahuistle
Synonyms
- Beaucarnea texana (S.Watson) Baker
- Nolina affinis Trel.
- Nolina erumpens var. compacta Trel.
- Nolina texana var. compacta (Trel.) I.M.Johnst.
- Nolina texana var. texana
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Drew Avery, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michal Klajban, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: CK Kelly https://www.inaturalist.org/people/ck2az, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.