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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Monocots
  5. Lilies, Supplejacks, and Allies
  6. Herb-Paris, False Hellebores, Trilliums and Allies
  7. Xerophylleae
  8. Turkey Beard and Common Beargrass

genus

Turkey Beard and Common Beargrass

Xerophyllum

Traits
Includes
2 native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Common Beargrass native
  • Turkey Beard native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native turkey beard and common beargrass All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Common Beargrass Xerophyllum tenax food 2 flowers 15
  • Turkey Beard Xerophyllum asphodeloides

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