Asparagus lignosus

Asparagus lignosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Monocots
Order:Asparagales
Family:Asparagaceae
Subfamily:Asparagoideae
Genus:Asparagus
Species: A. lignosus
Binomial name
Asparagus lignosus

Asparagus lignosus ("Katdoring") is a thorny, spindly creeper of the Asparagus genus, that is indigenous to the south-western Cape of South Africa.[1]

It occurs in rocky sandstone slopes and fynbos vegetation in the Western Cape.

References

Further reading

  • Pink, A. (2004). Gardening for the Million. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.


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