Characteristics
Monocots
Asparagus aethiopicus L.
SPRENGER'S ASPARAGUS-FERN
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Asparagus densiflorus generally has stems erect to weakly decumbent to 60 cm long, the branchlets typically 3.5 cm or shorter, the cladodes (leaf-like structure) 5-15 mm long, and the berries ca. 5 mm wide with one seed; it was previously misapplied to A. aethiopicus in Florida. Asparagus aethiopicus generally has stems climbing to erect to 1-7 m long, the branchlets typically 4 cm or longer, the cladodes (5)10-40 mm long, and the berries 5-7 mm wide with 1-3 seeds (Jessop 1966; Judd 2001).
Not Native
FISC(I)
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Classification
Citation
ASPARAGUS AETHIOPICUS Linnaeus, Mant. Pl. 63. 1767.
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SOUTH AFRICA: Cape Prov.: Cape of Good Hope, without data (neotype: LINN 434.6). Neotypified by Jessop, Bothalia 9: 67-68. 1966.
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