Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon

Bayer Code : aspof

Scientific name: Asparagus officinalis L.

Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Asparagus tenuifolius auct. non Lamarck Asparagus officinalis subsp. prostratus

Classification: Liliaceae, Monocotyledonous

Common name: wild asparagus

Synonym(s) of Common name:

Name per country: DE : Spargel ; ES : esparraguera ; FR : Asperge officinale ; IT : parago comune ; PT : espargo hortense ; EN : wild asparagus ;

Biological type: Perennial with rhizomes

Seed:

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Seedling:

- Plant propagates vegetatively by rhizomes; establishment from seedling is exceptional.

Adult plant:

- Height: 50-100 cm.

- Stem glabrous, herbaceous, green erect, cylindrical with clustered, spread branches.

- Leaves reduced to scales, with spur not prickly at base.

- Flower green-yellow, solitary or doubled, borne on long peduncles.

- Fruits red dotted once ripe, peduncles with thickened upper part.

- Plant diuretic, roots served as syrup. Species rare in crops.

- Biological type: perennial with rhizomes.

Ecological profile (click on flags):   Present       Rare       Rare    

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