Asparagus devenishii (Oberm.) Fellingham & N.L.Mey.

Robust shrublet ±0.6-1.0 m high, forming thickets. Rhizome typical, woody, with long terete roots. Stems several, intertwining, woody, much branched. Spines reflexed, ±5 mm long, present only on stem nodes. Branches fairly long, producing numerous short, minutely pubescent branchlets bearing thick cladode fascicles placed close together to overlapping. Cladodes filiform, ±3 mm long at anthesis, lengthening to ±8 mm. Flowers numerous inside cladode fascicle; tepals narrowly oblong, ±4 mm long, white; stalk ±4 mm long, articulated in lower half. Stamens with yellow anthers. Ovary with 6 ovules; dark, narrowly obovoid; style short. Berry red.