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Wild Asparagus
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Wild Asparagus

Asparagus capensis

Asparagus capensis ("Katdoring") is a dense, thorny, shrub of the Asparagus genus, that is indigenous to South Africa and Namibia.

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Wild Asparagus in Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter

Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter

Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.648

Wild Asparagus in Stirpium adversaria nova

Stirpium adversaria nova

Matthias de Lobel · 1571 · p.378

Wild Asparagus in Six Groups of the History of Plants

Six Groups of the History of Plants

Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.712

Wild Asparagus in History of Rare Plants

History of Rare Plants

Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.553

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 580633.