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Xerolirion
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Xerolirion

Xerolirion is a monotypic genus of perennial herbs in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Lomandroideae. The only known species is Xerolirion divaricata, commonly known as Basil's asparagus, from Western Australia .

Both genus and species were first described by Alex George in 1986.

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Xerolirion divaricata

speciesXerolirion divaricata

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 862169.