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Manyflower Asparagus
Asparagus multiflorus
Asparagus multiflorus ("many-flowered asparagus") is a robust shrub or climber of the Asparagus genus, that is indigenous to the southern Cape regions of South Africa.
From the article Asparagus multiflorus on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
A shrub or climber (reaching 2 metres (6.6 ft) in height) without any thorns. The stems are zig-zagged, pale-green, hard and often velvety. They also have thin longitudinal lines along them. Instead of spines, this species has triangular knobs along its branch-nodes, from which the side-shoots and leaves spread. The 10-12mm leaves are grouped in tufts, and the white flowers appear in Summer. This species is closely related to Asparagus africanus, but can immediately be distinguished by its lack of spines.
Range & habitat
This species is indigenous to the southern Cape regions of South Africa. Most of its distribution is in the Eastern Cape Province, but it also extends westwards along the coast and the Little Karoo, and into the Overberg region of the Western Cape Province as far as the area around Swellendam.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 580668.