Asparagus multituberosus R.A.Dyer

Scandent with thin stems up to ±0.4 m tall, or short, erect and compact (in dry areas in Namaqualand). Rhizome thin, horizontal, up to 0.5 m long, covered by a cylinder of overlapping small, fusiform, pointed tubers ±10 x 3 mm, occasionally some continuing below as normal thin roots but scattered long filiform roots are also produced, sometimes one of these producing a tuber distant from rhizome. Phylloclades ovate to cordate, ±15-25 mm long, apiculate, many-veined, margin papillate. Flowers 25-76 mm axils of membranous scale leaves; stalk ±5 mm, curved, articulated below perianth Tepals ±7 mm, forming a wide tube below, spreading above. Stamens as long as tepals, filaments expanded at base, flat. Ovary ovoid, with 10-12 ovules in each locule. Styles 3, curved outwards; stigmas apical, papillate. Berry not seen.