Bear grass, Xerophyllum tenax. pačalútimax̣ana kʷɨ́nki yáayki ‘they used to design (the dark color of their basket hat) with that beargrass’; yáay ittáwax̣ɨnx̣ana pɨ́t̓x̣anupa ‘bear grass would grow in the mountains’. [NP /yey̓e/.]
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