Common asparagus fern
Asparagus setaceus (Kunth) Jessop
- light
- Part sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 76 cm
- wide
- 76 cm
Asparagaceae
Also called Emerald asparagus fern
Formerly Asparagopsis setacea, Asparagus lujae, Asparagus plumosus, Asparagus tenuissimus, and 3 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
- Scrambling perennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- C. Ethiopia to S. Africa, ComorosKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Part shade (3 to 6 h)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 61 cm to 91 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 61 cm to 91 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- WhiteRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -6.7 °C (USDA zone 9a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (6)
- Finnish
- Unelma
- Afrikaans
- Aspersievaring
- Indonesian
- Perampun
- Tongan
- tāupoʻou
- Chinese
- 文竹
- Simplified Chinese
- 文竹
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, 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 2.0
- 3D model: Asparagus setaceus (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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