Liliaceae Xerophyllum tenax (Pursh) Nutt.

Common Beargrass

Okanagan-Colville - Fiber, Basketry

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 50

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Scientific name: Xerophyllum tenax (Pursh) Nutt.
USDA symbol: XETE (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Common Beargrass
Family: Liliaceae
Family (APG): Nartheciaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Fiber
Use sub-category: Basketry
Notes: Used to decorate baskets.

RECRD: 12257 id: 43728

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