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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Xerophyllum''
| image = Beargrass.jpg
| image_width = 200px
| image_caption = ''Xerophyllum tenax''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Liliales]]
| familia = [[Melanthiaceae]]
| genus = '''''Xerophyllum'''''
| genus_authority = Michx.
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision =
See text.
}}
'''''Xerophyllum''''' is a genus of perennial lily from the family [[Melanthiaceae]]. The genus is native to [[North America]], and has only four species.
Species include:
*''Xerophyllum asphodeloides''
*''Xerophyllum douglasii''
*''Xerophyllum setifolium''
*''[[Xerophyllum tenax]]''
The long leaves of ''X. tenax'', commonly know as '''bear grass''', were used for basket weaving by the [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native Americans]]. ''X. asphodeloides'' also known as '''Turkey's Beard''' is a popular garden plant, producing spikes of white flowers.
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Xerophyllum''
| image = Beargrass.jpg
| image_width = 200px
| image_caption = ''Xerophyllum tenax''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Liliales]]
| familia = [[Melanthiaceae]]
| genus = '''''Xerophyllum'''''
| genus_authority = Michx.
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision =
See text.
}}
'''''Xerophyllum''''' is a genus of perennial lily from the family [[Melanthiaceae]]. The genus is native to [[North America]], and has only four species.
Species include:
*''Xerophyllum asphodeloides''
*''Xerophyllum douglasii''
*''Xerophyllum setifolium''
*''[[Xerophyllum tenax]]''
The long leaves of ''X. tenax'', commonly know as '''bear grass''', were used for basket weaving by the [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native Americans]]. ''X. asphodeloides'' also known as '''Turkey's Beard''' is a popular garden plant, producing spikes of white flowers.
