Asparagus asparagoides

(Linnaeus) W. Wight in W. D. Whitney and B. E. Smith

Cent. Dict. Cyclop. ed. 2 12: 845 sub Myrsiphyllum.1909.

Common names: Smilax asparagus
IntroducedIllustrated
Basionym: Medeola asparagoides Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 1: 339. 1753
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 214. Mentioned on page 212, 213.

Vines, erect to deflexed, branching, climbing to 1.5 m; roots tuberous. Stems slender, to 3 m, wiry, smooth to slightly ridged; cladophylls solitary at each node, broadly lanceolate to ovate, 15–35 × 5–15 (–20) mm, leathery, with 20–24 parallel veins. Leaves membranous, 1–2 mm; blade broadly lanceolate. Inflorescences in axillary umbels, 1–3 (–4) -flowered. Flowers bisexual; perianth campanulate; tepals white, with green median stripe abaxially, 5–7 × 1–1.5 mm; pedicel 5–8 mm, with hard, raised joint 1–3 mm above base. Berries red, 6–8 mm. Seeds 1–4 (–6). 2n = 20.


Phenology: Flowering spring–summer.
Habitat: Waste places, open forests, roadsides
Elevation: 0–100 m

Distribution

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Introduced; Calif., s Africa

Discussion

Asparagus asparagoides is cultivated as an ornamental and has naturalized locally in southern Europe.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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cordate +  and linear +
Gerald B. Straley† +  and Frederick H. Utech +
(Linnaeus) W. Wight in W. D. Whitney and B. E. Smith +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
dilated +
hardened +
Medeola asparagoides +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
reticulate-veined +  and parallel-veined +
lanceolate +
sheathing +  and involucrate +
1;several +
tunicate +  and scaly +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
Smilax asparagus +
Calif. +  and s Africa +
0–100 m +
connate-coroniform +  and dilated +
sessile +  and pedicellate +
purplish black;red +
indehiscent +, septicidal +  and loculicidal +
globose +
membranaceous +  and leathery +
Waste places, open forests, roadsides +
solitary +, paired +  and racemose +
terminal +  and axillary +
conspicuous +
persistent +
scale-like +
small +  and reduced +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
membranous +
many;several +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
zygomorphic +  and actinomorphic +
yellowish +, white +  and greenish +
campanulate +
Flowering spring–summer. +
Cent. Dict. Cyclop. ed. 2 +
wind-distributed +
1 +  and 4 +
globose +  and angular +
Introduced +  and Illustrated +
staminodial +
photosynthetic +
spreading +  and erect +
slender +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (300 cm3,000 mm <br />3 m <br />) +
1 +  and several +
3 +  and 1 +
Asparagus asparagoides +
Asparagus +
species +
persisting +
connate +  and distinct +
1mm;1.5mm +
sepaloid +  and petaloid +
narrower +
fusiform +
vine +  and climbing +
erect +  and deflexed +
3 +  and 2 +