Beargrass
Xerophyllum tenax
Beargrass is a dramatic western mountain perennial with a fountain of tough grasslike evergreen leaves and a towering creamy plume of tiny flowers. Fire-adapted and a striking, architectural native.
- Family
- Melanthiaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 5–5 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- May, June, July, August
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, mammals
- Landscape uses
- border
- Native states
- CA, ID, MT, OR, WA, WY