Key to Asparagus

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(For a list of species in Asparagus, use the above link.)

Jepson Manual glossary definitions can be seen by moving your cursor over words underlined with dots.

1. Lf-like branchlets 6–20 mm wide ..... A. asparagoides

1' Lf-like branchlets < 1 mm wide [<= 3 mm wide in A. aethiopicus]

2. Plant 

erect 

Upright; vertically oriented.

; flowers unisexual and 

bisexual 

Both male and female reproductive parts occurring and functional in the same plant or structure (e.g., flower, spikelet, inflorescence).

..... A. officinalis subsp. officinalis

2' Plant climbing or sprawling; flowers bisexual

3. Flowers 5–9(15); fruit red ..... [A. aethiopicus]

3' Flowers 1–4; fruit purple-black ..... A. setaceus

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