Asparagus fern
Asparagus densiflorus (Kunth) Jessop
- light
- Part sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 30 cm
- wide
- 75 cm
Asparagaceae
Also called Sprenger's Asparagus, Plume asparagus-fern, Foxtail fern, Foxtail asparagus-fern, Foxtail Asparagus
Formerly Asparagopsis densiflora, Asparagus myriocladus, Asparagus sprengeri, Protasparagus densiflorus
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- PerennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- SubtropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Mozambique (Inhaca Is.) to S. AfricaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Part shade (3 to 6 h)Read from RHS, one source
- Height
- 10 cm to 51 cmRead from RHS, one source
- Spread
- 51 cm to 99 cmRead from RHS, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from RHS, one source
- Flowers
- White, pinkRead from RHS, one source
- Coldest it survives
- 5 °C (USDA zone 11a)Read from RHS, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Chinese
- 狐尾天冬, 狐尾武竹, 狐尾天門冬
- Portuguese
- Aspargo-Pluma
- Spanish
- espárrago pluma, Esparrago helecho
- Swedish
- natalsparris
- Chinese (China)
- 狐尾天门冬, 非洲天门冬, 非洲武竹
- Japanese
- タチボウキ, ホウキテンモンドウ, 立箒
- Danish
- Hængeasparges
- Afrikaans
- Jakkalsstertkatbos, Smaragvaring
- root
- isiqobola, umgcagcazane
- Thai
- ปริกน้ำค้าง
- Russian
- Спаржа густоцветковая
- Hebrew
- אספרג צפוף-פרחים
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-24, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-24, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- RHS, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- LSU School of Veterinary Medicine, read 2026-10-28, fact, cited
- University of Wisconsin Extension, read 2026-10-28, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-24, CC BY-SA 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- 3D model: Asparagus densiflorus (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.