Asparagaceae
African asparagus
Asparagus africanus
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Asparagus
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Common names
By language (5)
- Afrikaans
- Katdoring, Haakdoring, Wag-’n-bietjie
- Arabic
- خريص
- dag
- Jeŋkpibrigoo
- English
- African asparagus, Bush asparagus, Climbing asparagus fern, Ornamental asparagus, Sparrow grass, Wild asparagus
- Swedish
- Plymsparris
Synonyms
- Asparagopsis lamarckii Kunth
- Asparagus africanus var. biarticulatus De Wild. & T.Durand
- Asparagus africanus var. microcarpus Balf.f.
- Asparagus africanus var. pubescens Baker
- Asparagus asiaticus var. mitis (A.Rich.) Chiov.
- Asparagus gourmacus A.Chev.
- Asparagus mitis A.Rich.
- Asparagus rivalis Burch. ex Kies
- Protasparagus africanus (Lam.) Oberm.
Photos
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.