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Xerophyllum tenax
About
Xerophyllum tenax is a species of plants in the corn lily family. It is known by several common names, including bear grass, soap grass, quip-quip, and Indian basket grass. Beargrass can grow to be a little over 1.2 metres (4 ft) tall when in a preferred habitat and ideal conditions. The plant typically blooms at irregular intervals, depending on environmental factors such as moisture and temperature.
- Family
- Melanthiaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Xerophyllum tenax
- Slug
- xerophyllum-tenax
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Melanthiaceae
- Genus
- Xerophyllum
- Species
- tenax
- Wikidata QID
- Q1019121
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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