Index / Search / Xerophyllum asphodeloides
§1 Plant
Xerophyllum asphodeloides (L.) Nutt.
vernacular eastern turkeybeard — species · Liliaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Liliaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Xerophyllum
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 53 counties across 9 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 53 counties across 9 states/territories.
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 7 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 10 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Botetourt 51023
- Campbell 51031
- Craig 51045
- Fluvanna 51065
- Giles 51071
- Greene 51079
- Lunenburg 51111
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- Page 51139
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Pulaski 51155
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Shenandoah 51171
West Virginia view state ↗ 2 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/XEAS ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5295838 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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