Xerolirion

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

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| image = Xerolirion divaricata - Flickr - Kevin Thiele (1).jpg

| image_caption = Xerolirion divaricata

| image2 = Xerolirion divaricata - Flickr - Kevin Thiele.jpg

| name=Basil's asparagus

| taxon = Xerolirion divaricata

| parent_authority = A.S.George

| authority = A.S.George

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Xerolirion is a monotypic genus of perennial herbs in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Lomandroideae.{{Citation |last=Chase |first=M.W. |last2=Reveal |first2=J.L. |last3=Fay |first3=M.F. |year=2009 |title=A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae |journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=161 |issue=2 |pages=132–136 |doi=10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00999.x|name-list-style=amp |doi-access=free }}{{FloraBase|name=Xerolirion |id=21188}}{{cite web | url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?12957 | title=Genus: Xerolirion A. S. George | access-date=2010-07-04 | work=Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN)|publisher=United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Area}} The only known species is Xerolirion divaricata, commonly known as Basil's asparagus, from Western Australia .{{Flora of Australia Online|name=Xerolirion divaricata|id=51115}}{{FloraBase|name=Xerolirion divaricata |id=1248}}

Both genus and species were first described by Alex George in 1986.George, A.S. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1986), Appendix: Xerolirion. Flora of Australia 46: 229-230