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Asparagus setaceus

Botanic Family

Asparagaceae

Author

(Kunth) Jessop

Common Names

• Asparagus Fern
• Lace Fern
• Emerald Feather
• Wen zhu (Pinyin)
• Fern Asparagus
• Kanyut-gale (Myanmar)

Geographical Habitats

• Botswana
• Comoros Islands
• C. Ethiopia
• Kenya
• Lesotho
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• Cape Provinces
• Natal
• Orange Free State
• Northern Provinces - South Africa
• Swaziland
• Tanzania
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

• Moist Forests
• montane areas.

Flowering Times

• Sept-Apr Summer

Fruiting Times

Scrambling or twining hermaphroditic perennial evergreen semi-woody wiry prickly vine to 2m, with fern-like fronds, glabrous scale-like leaves (cladodes) to 11mm long, pungent leaf spurs or needle-like phyloclades 6mm long. Axillary solitary or clusters of 7mm white flowers & fruit a berry red maturing purple-black to 7mm diameter

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• van der Spuy 1976
• Beckett 1990
• Huxley 1992
• P & R 1997
• Mobot
• FOC
• FONZ
• RHS A-Z
• Bodkin
• The Plant List 2
• VOPR
• FOTA
• GBS
• Fedde
• Exotica
• Kew