Seeds from this Xerophyllum tenax or bear grass, squaw grass, soap grass and Indian basket grass. This grasslike perennial can grow to 1 to 5 feet in height, grows in bunches with the leaves wrapped around and extending from a small stem at ground level. Hundreds of small individual flowers are held in a dense rounded cluster atop a thick stem to 5 feet tall are creamy white blossoms in midsummer. Hardy in zones 5 to 9.