Four images of Nolina texana, Bear Grass, Sacahuista, Texas Sacahuista, Asparagaceae, Asparagus Family, formerly Liliaceae, Lily Family. A lily relative with grass-like leaf clumps, Sacahuista, a name derived from two Aztec words meaning thorn and grass, is a perennial native from Colorado, east to Oklahoma, south to Texas and Arizona.