bear-grass

(n) yucca of southern United States having a clump of basal grasslike leaves and a central stalk with a terminal raceme of small whitish flowers Yucca smalliana,
(n) yucca of west central United States having a clump of basal grasslike leaves and a central stalk with a terminal raceme of small whitish flowers Yucca glauca,
(n) stemless plant with tufts of grasslike leaves and erect panicle of minute creamy white flowers; southwestern United States and Mexico Nolina microcarpa,
(n) plant of western North America having woody rhizomes and tufts of stiff grasslike basal leaves and spikes of creamy white flowers squaw grass, Xerophyllum tenax,

Yucca smalliana Yucca glauca Nolina microcarpa squaw grass Xerophyllum tenax