Asparagaceae

Sprenger's asparagus fern

Asparagus aethiopicus L.

Family: Asparagaceae
Genus: Asparagus

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Sprenger's asparagus fern (Asparagus aethiopicus) — FlowerPhoto: Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (6)

Afrikaans: Haakdoring
Arabic: هليون خشن
Azerbaijani: Şıxçiçəkli qulançar
Catalan: Esparreguera de Sprenger
English: Sprenger's asparagus fern, Sprenger's asparagus
Swedish: Hängsparris

Synonyms

Asparagopsis aethiopica Kunth
Asparagopsis lancea (Thunb.) Kunth
Asparagus aculeatus Voss
Asparagus laetus Salisb.
Asparagus lanceus Thunb.
Asparagus maximus Voss
Protasparagus aethiopicus (L.) Oberm.

Flowers

In flower: September to July (from 181 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb, Shrub, Subshrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Stephen Thorpe, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: libby hepburn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Tara Baugher, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: TodorBozhinov, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: William G. Borges, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Patty Madhavan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF

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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.