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Xerophyllum tenax (Pursh) Nutt.
common beargrass
       
Symbol:   XETE  
Group:   Monocot  
Family:   Liliaceae  
Duration:   Perennial  
Growth Habit:   Forb/herb  
Native Status:  
L48    N
CAN    N



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Synonyms:
Xerophyllum tenax (Pursh) Nutt.

  HETE11 Helonias tenax Pursh
 

Distribution:
Xerophyllum tenax (Pursh) Nutt.

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USA (CA, ID, MT, OR, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC)
 

Related Taxa:
Xerophyllum tenax (Pursh) Nutt.

View 108 genera in Liliaceae, 2 species in Xerophyllum
 

Classification:
Xerophyllum tenax (Pursh) Nutt.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass Liliidae
Order Liliales
Family Liliaceae – Lily family
Genus Xerophyllum Michx. – beargrass
Species Xerophyllum tenax (Pursh) Nutt. – common beargrass
 

More Accounts and Images:
Xerophyllum tenax (Pursh) Nutt.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 505768.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.
 
 
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