Asparagus

Asparagus officinalis

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  • Flower name
    Asparagus
  • Scientific name
    Asparagus officinalis
  • Aliasオランダキジカクシ, アスパラ, マツバウド
  • Place of originEurope, northern Africa and western Asia
  • Place of floweringField
  • Flowering seasonMay, June, July

What is Asparagus

Asparagus (scientific name: Asparagus officinalis) is an evergreen perennials of the family Asparagaceae native to Europe, northern Africa and western Asia. Among many asparagus for ornamental, it is edible asparagus. Extend the stem about 1 m from the rhizome. The young stem becomes edible asparagus. Asparagus has white asparagus and green asparagus. Both of them are identical, just different cultivation methods. The one raised with shielding sunlight is White Asparagus, the one that hit the sun is Green Asparagus. There is a green one for nutritional value. The season of asparagus is from April to July. Leaves of asparagus degenerate and become scaly. What looks like a leaf is a temporary leaf (fake leaf) whose stem has degenerated. It is a dioecious strain. In the summer, one or two plants from the axils, bells or tubular flowers with green-white to pale yellow color will bloom. There are six petals. Flowers do not open thoroughly. The fruit which becomes summer to autumn after flowers is red spherical shape and harmful to humans. In autumn, the above ground parts will die.

Common name: Asparagus officinalis, scientific name: Asparagus officinalis, aka: common asparagus, garden asparagus, asparagus, plant height: 1 to 1.5 m, leaves: degenerate Scaly, dioecious, different flower, flower length: 0.5-0.6 cm, petal number: 6, fruit: fruit, fruit color: red, fruit shape: spherical, fruit diameter: 0.7-1 cm.


  • Order
    Asparagales
  • Family
    Asparagaceae
  • Genus
    Asparagus
  • Species
    A. officinalis
  • Type of flower
    Radial symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Compound scape inflorescence
  • Petal shape
    Bell-shaped
  • Leaf type
    triangle
  • Edge of the leaf
    Entire
  • Life typeEvergreen perennial
  • Flower colors
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit colorGreen
  • Height100.0 ~ 150.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower0.5 ~ 0.7 cm

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