Asparagus microraphis Baker

Dome-shaped shrub ±1 m high, evergreen. Rhizome typical with sharp cataphylls; roots cylindrical, woody. Stems erect, ribbed, pale grey. Spines exserted, thin, sharp, ±4 mm long, reduced to absent above. Branches spreading, bearing numerous branchlets covered by cladode fascicles. Cladodes numerous in each fascicle, glabrous or rarely with a few apical setae, cylindrical, ±2-4 mm long, apiculate, narrowed at base into an obtuse disc, together with the others of the fascicle placed on a pale, circular receptacle. Flowers solitary, pendulous, placed beside a cladode fascicle; perianth with tepals ±4 mm long, cream with a salmon or green centre stripe; flower stalk with disc near base. Stamens fairly long. Ovary with 6-8 ovules in each locule; ovoid; style short with 3 short spreading stigmas. Berry ±7 mm in diameter, orange.