Asparagus: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Genus: Asparagus
Species
Scientific Name: Asparagus

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Asparagus (genus)

Asparagus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Asparagoideae. It comprises up to 300 species. Most are evergreen long-lived perennial plants growing from the understory as lianas, bushes or climbing plants. The best-known species is the edible Asparagus officinalis, commonly referred to as just asparagus. Some other members of the genus, such as Asparagus densiflorus, are grown as ornamental plants.

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Asparagus in languages:

Afrikaans: Katdoringbosse
Afrikaans: Wilde-aspersies
Chinese: 天門冬屬
Czech: chřest
Danish: asparges
English: Asparagus fern
English: Asparagus
English: sparrowgrass
Finnish: parsat
French: Asperges
Hebrew: אספרג
Italian: Asparagi
Japanese: クサスギカズラ属
Korean: 비짜루속
Lithuanian: Smidras
Modern Greek: Ασπάραγος
Polish: Szparag
Portuguese: Aspargos
Portuguese: Espargos
Russian: Спаржа
Slovene: beluš
Swedish: sparrisar
Thai: หน่อไม้ฝรั่ง ผักชีช้าง ฯลฯ
Ukrainian: Холодок

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Parent Taxon

Asparagaceae

Sibling Taxa

Asparagus

Asparagus: taxon details and analytics

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Asparagus (genus)

Asparagus in languages:

Images from inaturalist.org observations:

Parent Taxon

Sibling Taxa

Child Taxa

Top Observation Places

Asparagus: taxon details and analytics

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Asparagus (genus)

Asparagus in languages:

Images from inaturalist.org observations:

Parent Taxon

Sibling Taxa

Child Taxa

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