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Species
bridal fern
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderAsparagales
- FamilyAsparagaceae
Native toBotswana, Cape Provinces, Comoros, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces
Observations recorded8,696
Asparagopsis setacea Kunth, Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1842: 82. 1842; Asparagus plumosus Baker
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 585
- With media
- 454
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Collections
- UNICACH, CICY, UJAT, INECOL, IBUNAM, CAS
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Nicaragua, Honduras
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Subclass of
- vine
- Parent taxon
- Asparagus
- Image
- Asparagus setaceus Leaves 2760px.jpg
- Has use
- medicinal plant
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Encyclopedic overview
Asparagus setaceus, with the common names of common asparagus fern, asparagus grass, lace fern, climbing asparagus, or ferny asparagus, is a plant in the family Asparagaceae native to southern Africa. Despite its common name, the plant is not a true fern, but has leaves that resemble one.
Naming
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Asparagus setaceus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.