PLANTS Profile for Asparagus setaceus (common asparagus fern)

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Asparagus setaceus (Kunth) Jessop
common asparagus fern

Symbol:

ASSE12

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Liliaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Vine
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
HI		I
PR		I

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Photo of Asparagus setaceus (Kunth) Jessop

Asparagus plumosus

Tracey Slotta. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Germany, Erfurt. Usage Requirements.

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Asparagus setaceus (Kunth) Jessop

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Synonyms:
Asparagus setaceus (Kunth) Jessop

ASPL5

Asparagus plumosus Baker

Distribution:
Asparagus setaceus (Kunth) Jessop


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USA (CA, FL, HI), USA+ (PR)

Related Taxa:
Asparagus setaceus (Kunth) Jessop

View 108 genera in Liliaceae, 5 species in Asparagus

Classification:
Asparagus setaceus (Kunth) Jessop

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Liliidae
Order	Liliales
Family	Liliaceae – Lily family
Genus	Asparagus L. – asparagus
Species	Asparagus setaceus (Kunth) Jessop – common asparagus fern

Introduced Information:
Asparagus setaceus (Kunth) Jessop

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Asparagus setaceus (Kunth) Jessop

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 193453.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 10/13/2008 11:16 AM MDT