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Asparagus Family
1 species
Wild Asparagus - flower approx. 5 mm - fruit approx. 1 cm - leaf to 2.5 cm - height to 2 m - Lower Don Valley (Leaside) - June 2011
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae (Asparagus family)
Genus: Asparagus
Species: Officinalis
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Perennial - formerly part of the Lily family (Liliaceae) -
dioecious - native to Eurasia & North Africa
dioecious - native to Eurasia & North Africa
Updated December 30 2011
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Wild Asparagus with Asparagus Beetle - flower approx. 5 mm - fruit approx. 1 cm - leaf to 2.5 cm - height to 2 m - Lower Don Valley (Leaside) - May 2011
Wild Asparagus
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae (Asparagus family)
Genus: Asparagus
Species: Officinalis
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Perennial - formerly part of the Lily family (Liliaceae) -
dioecious - scale-like leaves are at the base of the stem
and at the junction of the stem and branches - native to
Eurasia & North Africa
dioecious - scale-like leaves are at the base of the stem
and at the junction of the stem and branches - native to
Eurasia & North Africa
Updated December 30 2011
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Wild Asparagus - flower approx. 5 mm - fruit approx. 1 cm - leaf to 2.5 cm - height to 2 m - Lower Don Valley (Leaside) - September 2011
Wild Asparagus
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae (Asparagus family)
Genus: Asparagus
Species: Officinalis
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Perennial - formerly part of the Lily family (Liliaceae) -
dioecious - needle-like "leaves" are actually "cladodes"
(modified stems or branches) - native to Eurasia & North
Africa
dioecious - needle-like "leaves" are actually "cladodes"
(modified stems or branches) - native to Eurasia & North
Africa
Updated December 30 2011
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Wild Asparagus - flower approx. 5 mm - fruit approx. 1 cm - leaf to 2.5 cm - height to 2 m - Lower Don Valley (Leaside) - August 2011
Wild Asparagus
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae (Asparagus family)
Genus: Asparagus
Species: Officinalis
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Perennial - formerly part of the Lily family (Liliaceae) -
dioecious - native to Eurasia & North Africa
dioecious - native to Eurasia & North Africa
Updated December 30 2011
More Wild Asparagus