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Learn more about Sprenger’s Asparagus-fern from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Asparagus aethiopicus
FAMILY
Asparagaceae
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asparagus aethiopicus
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Asparagus aethiopicus
COMMON NAME:
Sprenger’s Asparagus-fern, Emerald-fern
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Keith Bradley kab_a_aethiopicus_74031
May Miami-Dade County FL
From a distance, asparagus fern looks very soft or fluffy, per Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants.
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Keith Bradley kab_a_aethiopicus_74032
May Miami-Dade County FL
Refrain from purchasing, propagating, or planting asparagus fern, per Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants.
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Keith Bradley kab_a_aethiopicus_74050
May Miami-Dade County FL
Needle-like branchlets are clustered in nodes, per Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants.
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Keith Bradley kab_a_aethiopicus_74052
May Miami-Dade County FL
"Cladophyll" = a stem with the form and function of a leaf, per Plant Identification Terminology.
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Keith Bradley kab_a_aethiopicus_74052b
May Miami-Dade County FL
Cladophylls solitary or in fascicles of 3+, linear, flattened, 8-22 x 2mm, per Flora of North America.
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Keith Bradley kab_a_aethiopicus_74052c
May Miami-Dade County FL
Flowers are white or pale pink, very fragrant, small and hardly noticeable, per Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants.