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Asparagus subulatus Thunb.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asparagaceae > Asparagus

Characteristics

Shrubby or scandent up to 2 m high, with zigzagging branches and branchlets. Rhizome typical, woody. Roots terete, long, thick, with fusiform tubers ±20 mm long placed along them. Stems erect, minutely grooved, hard, with small, appressed spines below. Branches thin, spineless, somewhat zigzagging; branchlets short, zigzagging and widely divergent, fairly similar in length, ending in 2 opposite cladode fascicles. Cladodes ±76-152 mm the fascicle, filiform, thin, ±15 mm long. Flowers placed inside cladode fascicles, shorter than cladodes, surrounded at base by minute bracts; tepals broadly linear, ±2 mm long, yellowish green; stalk ±1-2 mm long, articulated near base. Stamens typical. Ovary with 2 ovules in each locule. Berry 1-3-seeded, globose, ±5 mm in diameter, orange.
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Scandent or erect shrub, up to 2 m high. Stems minutely grooved, with short, widely divergent, zigzagging branches and branchlets. Spines appressed below. Cladodes 3-6 per fascicle, filiform, thin, ± 15 mm long. Flowers on an apical disc inside cladode fascicles, shorter than cladodes; pedicels 1-2 mm long, articulated near base. Flowering time Oct.-Jan. Fruit an orange berry.
Scandent or erect shrub to 2 m, stems minutely grooved, with adpressed spines below. Cladodes 3-6 in fascicles, filiform. Flowers on an apical disc, tepals and filaments spreading.
A shrub. It can grow 2 m tall. The branches are zig-zag. The stems have small spines in the lower sections. The fruit is a berry with 1-3 seeds.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 2.0
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a subtropical plant.
Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 7-8
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 21 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Asparagus subulatus world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:531345-1
WFO ID wfo-0000635057
COL ID HBM3
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Protasparagus subulatus Asparagus subulatus
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