Asparagaceae
Arthropodium strictum R.Br.
Arthropodium strictum R.Br.
Arthropodium strictum, the chocolate lily, is a herb with fragrant purple flowers, edible tubers, and adaptable cultivation requirements.
Asparagus acutifolius L.
Asparagus acutifolius L.
Asparagus acutifolius L. is a Mediterranean dioecious asparagus whose spring shoots are locally eaten in Croatia.
Asparagus aethiopicus L.
Asparagus aethiopicus L.
Asparagus aethiopicus, or Sprenger's asparagus, is a perennial ornamental plant that is toxic and invasive outside its South African native range.
Asparagus albus L.
Asparagus albus L.
Asparagus albus L. is a widespread asparagaceae flowering plant native to the western and central Mediterranean.
Asparagus aphyllus L.
Asparagus aphyllus L.
Asparagus aphyllus is a climbing Asparagaceae species whose flowers are visited by four distinct insect groups.
Asparagus asparagoides (L.) Druce
Asparagus asparagoides (L.) Druce
Asparagus asparagoides is a climbing herbaceous vine widely used in floral arrangements, invasive in parts of Australia and California.
Asparagus capensis L.
Asparagus capensis L.
Asparagus capensis L. is a thorny edible asparagus shrub native to coastal and inland areas of southern Africa's Cape region.
Asparagus cochinchinensis (Lour.) Merr.
Asparagus cochinchinensis (Lour.) Merr.
Asparagus cochinchinensis is a trailing eastern Asian plant whose roots and stems are used in traditional Chinese and Korean medicine.
Asparagus declinatus L.
Asparagus declinatus L.
Asparagus declinatus, or bridal veil, is a perennial Asparagus vine native to southern Africa and Madagascar, invasive in some introduced areas.
Asparagus densiflorus (Kunth) Jessop
Asparagus densiflorus (Kunth) Jessop
Asparagus densiflorus is an evergreen perennial cultivated plant, native to southern Africa, related to edible asparagus.
Asparagus falcatus L.
Asparagus falcatus L.
Asparagus falcatus is a thorny climbing plant native to South Africa and Mozambique, often grown as a security hedge in southern Africa.
Asparagus horridus L.
Asparagus horridus L.
Asparagus horridus is a climbing shrub in the Asparagaceae family, native to parts of Europe, North Africa and Western Asia.
Asparagus lignosus Burm.f.
Asparagus lignosus Burm.f.
Asparagus lignosus Burm.f. is a rigid thorn shrub indigenous to fynbos and renosterveld areas of South Africa’s Western Cape.
Asparagus officinalis L.
Asparagus officinalis L.
Asparagus officinalis L. is a dioecious herbaceous perennial, cultivated for food, used as a model for studying plant sex chromosomes.
Asparagus retrofractus L.
Asparagus retrofractus L.
Asparagus retrofractus L. is a tangled spined shrub indigenous to dry western regions of southern Africa, favoring rocky sandy habitats.
Asparagus rubicundus P.J.Bergius
Asparagus rubicundus P.J.Bergius
Asparagus rubicundus is a thorny Cape asparagus with edible young shoots, found in southern African fynbos and similar habitats.
Asparagus scandens Thunb.
Asparagus scandens Thunb.
Asparagus scandens Thunb. is a thornless perennial climbing asparagus fern endemic to South Africa's Western Cape, grown as an ornamental.
Asparagus setaceus (Kunth) Jessop
Asparagus setaceus (Kunth) Jessop
Asparagus setaceus is a scrambling evergreen perennial native to Southern Africa, widely cultivated as an ornamental, with toxic berries.
Asparagus striatus (L.f.) Thunb.
Asparagus striatus (L.f.) Thunb.
Asparagus striatus is a spineless perennial shrub endemic to South Africa that grows in rocky and clay succulent karoo or renosterveld habitats.
Asparagus suaveolens Burch.
Asparagus suaveolens Burch.
Asparagus suaveolens Burch. is a perennial spiny shrub with fragrant stalked white flowers and small red or black single-seed berries.
Asparagus virgatus Baker
Asparagus virgatus Baker
Asparagus virgatus is a shade-loving perennial asparagus that produces small white flowers and edible Asparagus officinalis has little to no nutritional value to people.
Barnardia japonica (Thunb.) Schult. & Schult.f.
Barnardia japonica (Thunb.) Schult. & Schult.f.
Barnardia japonica is an ornamental bulb plant with edible foliage and roots, and medicinally used bulbs.
Barnardia numidica (Poir.) Speta
Barnardia numidica (Poir.) Speta
Barnardia numidica is a bulbous flowering plant currently placed in genus Barnardia, though evidence suggests it belongs to its own genus.
Bloomeria clevelandii S.Watson
Bloomeria clevelandii S.Watson
Bloomeria clevelandii is a threatened perennial cormous herb native to coastal habitats.
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