Asparagus officinalis

Also known as asparagus plant, sparrow grass, garden asparagus, wild asparagus, asparagus

Asparagus (Asparagus officinalis) or garden asparagus is a perennial flowering plant species in the genus Asparagus native to Eurasia. Widely cultivated as a vegetable crop, its young shoots are used as a spring vegetable.

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Asparagus officinalis, commonly known as garden asparagus or wild asparagus, is a species of plant in the family Asparagaceae. It is a perennial useful plant classified within the kingdom Plantae and the order Asparagales. The taxon is the source of the food known as asparagus and has been cultivated and harvested. It possesses yellow flowers and red berries.

The species has a range including Beijing, China, Fujian, and Xinjiang. It is listed as Least Concern by the IUCN Red List as of 2016. Observations of the plant number 27,077, with occurrence records totaling 119,909. It is described in the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition and is considered a vital article on Wikipedia.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Asparagus officinalis is referenced by 635 other articles, and connects out to perennial plant, National Center for Biotechnology Information and De re coquinaria.

Vinony files it under Asparagus, Crops and Dioecious plants.

Its subject is documented across 109 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

Least Concern

garden asparagus

Asparagus officinalis

SPECIES

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassLiliopsida
OrderAsparagales
FamilyAsparagaceae

Native toAfghanistan, Albania, Altay, Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, France, Germany, Greece

Observations27,077

Observations recorded119,909

General: Asparagus officinalis has been cultivated and harvested

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 6,706
With media: 4,999
Family: Asparagaceae
Collections: INECOL, UACH, CIIDIR-IPN, ARIZ, CAS, ENCB-IPN
Recorded in: Mexico, United States

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Subclass of: perennial plant
Parent taxon: Asparagus
Image: Asparagus plants - geograph.org.uk - 552470.jpg
Has use: food

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taxon rank: species
taxon name: Asparagus officinalis
Commons category: Asparagus officinalis
Commons gallery: Asparagus officinalis
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=300050
taxon common name: navadni beluš
IUCN conservation status: Least Concern
MCN code: 2005.60.00
sequenced genome URL: plants.ensembl.org/Asparagus_officinalis
taxon range: Myanmar
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
fruit color: red
flower color: yellow
has fruit type: berry
short name: A. officinalis
taxon author citation: (Fr. ) Schinz & R. Keller
food energy: 20
external data available at URL: www.gbif.org/dataset/93725bf2-6ada-47f9-bd5e-0e679e3d245e

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Description
Etymology
Taxonomy
Distribution and habitat
Cultivation
Companion planting
Production
Uses
Nutrition
Culinary
White asparagus
In culture
Odor in urine
Celebrations
Gallery
See also
Notes
References
External links

== Description == thumb|upright=0.6|left|Adult plant with fruits Asparagus is an herbaceous, perennial plant growing typically to tall, with stout stems with much-branched, feathery foliage. It has been known to grow as long as . The 'leaves' are needle-like cladodes (modified stems) in the axils of scale leaves; they are long and broad, and clustered in fours, up to 15, together, in a rose-like shape. The root system, often referred to as a 'crown', is adventitious; the root type is fasciculated.

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