Garden asparagus
ಶತಾವರಿशतावरीஅஸ்பாரகஸ்
Asparagus officinalis L.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 1.2 m
- wide
- 69 cm
Asparagaceae
Also called Wild asparagus
Formerly Asparagus altilis, Asparagus caspius, Asparagus esculentus, Asparagus fiori, and 9 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- PerennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Europe to MongoliaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 91 cm to 1.5 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 46 cm to 91 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- Yellow, greenRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -45.6 °C (USDA zone 2a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Czech
- chřest lékařský
- French
- asperge
- Chinese
- 小百部, 石刁柏, 石刁柏（芦笋）
- Japanese
- アスパラガス, 石刁柏, オランダキジカクシ
- Dutch
- liggende asperge, asperge
- German
- Gemüse-Spargel
- Finnish
- ruokaparsa
- Slovenian
- navadni beluš
- Simplified Chinese
- 石刁柏, 露笋
- Hindi
- शतावरी, शतावर
- Tamil
- அஸ்பாரகஸ், சாத்தாவாரியினம்
- Telugu
- ఆస్పరాగస్
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3D model: Asparagus officinalis (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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