This article is about the true species. For the houseplant often called by this name, see Asparagus aethiopicus.
Asparagus densiflorus
'Myersii' is one of the forms of this variable species that is popular in horticulture
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Monocots
Order:
Asparagales
Family:
Asparagaceae
Subfamily:
Asparagoideae
Genus:
Asparagus
Species:
A. densiflorus
Binomial name
Asparagus densiflorus
(Kunth) Jessop
Synonyms[1]
Asparagopsis densiflora Kunth
Protasparagus densiflorus (Kunth) Oberm.
Asparagus densiflorus (among several species colloquially called asparagus ferns; no relation to actual ferns), or the foxtail fern (asparagus) or plume fern, is a variable, evergreen-perennial plant related to cultivated, edible asparagus.
It is native to southern Africa, from Mozambique to South Africa, but is widely cultivated.[1]
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