Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Asparagus from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Asparagus officinalis
FAMILY
Asparagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asparagus officinalis
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-01-001:
Asparagus officinalis
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Asparagus officinalis
COMMON NAME:
Garden Asparagus, Sparrowgrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_asof_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm100607_005
June Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm140623_174
June Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Cladophylls (stems w form & function of lvs) in clusters of ~4-15, filiform, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm170826_802
August Spartanburg County SC
Berries bright red, globose, 5-10mm in diameter, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm180906_4591
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm180906_4593
September Greenville County SC
Flowers pendant; pedicels w a conspicuous swollen joint; perianth campanulate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm061106_010
November Greenville County SC
Perianth of 6 separate segments, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm061106_025
November Greenville County SC