Asparagus officinalis
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 is a flowering plant native to Eurasia that is now widely grown around the world as a vegetable crop. Its young shoots, which appear in spring, are harvested and eaten as a popular seasonal vegetable.
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Species
Least Concerngarden asparagus
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderAsparagales
- FamilyAsparagaceae
Native toAfghanistan, Albania, Altay, Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, France, Germany, Greece
Observations27,077
General: Asparagus officinalis has been cultivated and harvested
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19 sectionsContents
- Description
- Etymology
- Taxonomy
- Distribution and habitat
- Cultivation
- Companion planting
- Production
- Uses
- Nutrition
- Culinary
- White asparagus
- In culture
- Odor in urine
- Celebrations
- Gallery
- See also
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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.
== 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.