The tips of the leaves die when the leaf is full grown[2] The flowering stem grows directly from the underground caudex (a scape) and will have a curve at the end.

The floral part of the scape (the inflorescence) is repeatedly branched (paniculate) and densely packed with flowers and is very occasionally purple in color on Nolina texana.

The smaller leaf like structures under each branch (the bracts) are 10–40 centimeters long and will persist on the flowing stem through its lifecycle.

[2] Nolina texana has flowers that do not clearly have petals or sepals, so the white, cream, greenish-white parts are called tepals.

[2] Nolina texana is reported to cause sunburn (phototoxicity) by elevating blood phylloerythrin levels in association with liver problems.

[1][6] Just one year later John Gilbert Baker proposed that it would be more properly placed in genus Beaucarnea along with a number of other species.

[1][9][10] The genus name is a Latinized form of Abbé Pierre Charles Nolin, a French arboriculturist and director of the royal nurseries.

[14] POWO disagrees with PLANTS about it growing Arizona while agreeing about its native status in Oklahoma and Colorado.

[1][15] The habitat for Nolina texana is in grassland, shrublands, and rocky hillsides on soils from limestone or granite.