Asparagaceae
Wild asparagus
Asparagus acutifolius
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Asparagus
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Common names
By language (18)
- Arabic
- هليون بري
- arz
- هليون برى
- Bulgarian
- Бодлива зайча сянка
- Catalan
- Esparreguera boscana, Esparreguera de ca, Esparreguera fonollera
- Croatian
- Oštrolisna šparoga
- Czech
- Chřest pichlavý, Chřest ostrolistý
- English
- Wild asparagus
- Finnish
- Neulaparsa
- German
- Spitzblättriger Spargel
- Italian
- Asparagi selvatici, Asparago selvatico, Asparago spinoso
- Kurdish
- Çavmarka strîlok, چاڤمارکا ستریلۆک, Melajoya strîlok
- Macedonian
- Остролисна шпаргла
- mwl
- Spargos
- Portuguese
- Espargo-bravo, Espargo-bravo-menor
- Slovenian
- Ostrolistni beluš
- Spanish
- Brusca, Corruda, Esparrago castellano, Esparrago corriente, Esparrago de pincho, Esparrago negrillo, Esparrago salvaje, Esparrago triguero espinoso
- Turkish
- Tilkişen
- vec
- Sparaxełe
Synonyms
- Asparagus acutifolius var. achhalii Valdés
- Asparagus acutifolius var. ambiguus (De Not.) Nyman
- Asparagus acutifolius var. brachyclados Bornm.
- Asparagus acutifolius var. brevifolius (Tornab.) Nyman
- Asparagus acutifolius var. commutatus (Ten.) Nyman
- Asparagus acutifolius var. eremicus O.Bolòs & Vigo
- Asparagus acutifolius var. gracilis Baker
- Asparagus acutifolius var. mitis P.Palau
- Asparagus aetnensis Tornab.
- Asparagus ambiguus DC.
- Asparagus brevifolius Tornab.
- Asparagus commutatus Ten.
- Asparagus corruda Scop.
- Asparagus inarimensis Tornab.
Flowers
- In flower
- July to October (from 131 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Donald Davesne, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Samuele Papeschi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Mehdi Chetibi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Gianni Del Bufalo bygdb, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Justus Müller-Kiefer, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Žan Rode, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thomas Dreux, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.