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wild asparagus
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wild asparagus

Asparagus officinalis

Asparagus, or garden asparagus, folk name sparrow grass, scientific name Asparagus officinalis, is a spring vegetable, a flowering perennial plant species in the genus Asparagus.

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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 60265.