PLANTS Profile for Asparagus asparagoides (African asparagus fern)

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Asparagus asparagoides (L.) Druce
African asparagus fern

Symbol:

ASAS4

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Liliaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Vine
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Asparagus asparagoides (L.) Druce

Tracey Slotta. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. France. Usage Requirements.

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Asparagus asparagoides (L.) Druce

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Distribution:
Asparagus asparagoides (L.) Druce


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USA (CA)

Related Taxa:
Asparagus asparagoides (L.) Druce

View 108 genera in Liliaceae, 5 species in Asparagus

Classification:
Asparagus asparagoides (L.) Druce

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Liliidae
Order	Liliales
Family	Liliaceae – Lily family
Genus	Asparagus L. – asparagus
Species	Asparagus asparagoides (L.) Druce – African asparagus fern

Introduced Information:
Asparagus asparagoides (L.) Druce

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Asparagus asparagoides (L.) Druce

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 42783.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 06/18/2013 08:40 PM CDT