| Scientific Name : |
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Asparagus officinalis |
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| Common Name : |
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Asparagus |
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| Height : |
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1.5 m |
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| Description : |
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This plant is well known in its young stages as a tasty vegetable. The plant emerges each year from the rootstock. It grows as a multiple branching stem, with numerous clusters of small Linear Cladodes, up to 30mm long, in the Axils of the much-reduced, true leaves. The plants are Dioecious. Flowers are whitish, with Tepals 8mm long, hanging downwards on 10mm Pedicels. Male flowers have 6 Stamens, shorter than the perianth and a rudimentary Ovary. Female flowers have rudimentary Stamens and an Ovary, which develops into a red berry 10mm diameter. |
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| Habitat : |
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Usually in damp places, especially near watercourses. |
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| Distribution : |
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A European species frequently cultivated. Escapes from cultivation occur in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia. Knwown from scattered locations across Victoria, especially in the North-West, along the Murray. A colony in the Park, near Brewsters Road has almost been eliminated. A plant was also found along the pipe-line track beside Billys Creek. |
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| Flowering Season : |
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November December January February |
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| Family : |
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Liliaceae |
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| This is an introduced species |
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