EPPO Global Database

Asparagus officinalis(ASPOF)

Overview
Code created in: 2004-05-02

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: ASPOF
  • Preferred name: Asparagus officinalis
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Central and eastern Europe, Caucasus, Siberia, Central Asia, Western Asia, China, Mongolia. Cultivated as a vegetable. Introduced in northern Europe, western Mediterranean, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Canada, USA, Mexico, South America (Bolivia southwards), Australia (except Northern), New Zealand

WSSA list of weeds in North America


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Asparagus hortensis Miller
Asparagus littoralis Steven
Asparagus officinalis subsp. officinalis Linnaeus
Asparagus polyphyllus Steven

Common names
Name Language
asparagus English
garden asparagus English
wild asparagus English
Garten-Spargel German
Gemüse-Spargel German
Spargel German
asperge French
asperge officinale French
espargo Spanish
esparguera Spanish
esparquer Spanish
esparquera Spanish
espárrago Spanish
esparraguera Spanish
asparagio Italian
asparago comune Italian
spaghero Italian
asperge Dutch
spargel Dutch
tuinasperge Dutch
espargo Portuguese
espargo-hortense Portuguese
asparagus Swedish
sparris Swedish
oranda-kiji-kakushi Japanese
オランダキジカクシ Japanese
спаржа лекарственная Russian
asparges Danish
asparges Norwegian
ruokaparsa Finnish
asfaragus Hebrew
אַספָּרָגוּס Hebrew
szparag lekarski Polish
közönséges spárga Hungarian
nyúlárnyék Hungarian
agave Albanian
shparguli Albanian
shpargulli i rëndomte Albanian
esparragoa Basque
лечебна зайча сянка Bulgarian
медицинска аспержа Bulgarian
espareguera Catalan
espareguera d'hort Catalan
esparraguera Catalan
esparraguera d'hort Catalan
shí diāo bǎi Chinese
石刁柏 Chinese
ljekovita šparoga Croatian
chřest lékařský Czech
harilik aspar Estonian
αγριοσπαράγγι Greek
lus súgach Irish
아스파라거스 Korean
a seu pa ra geo seu Korean
ārstniecības asparāgs Latvian
šparagai Lithuanian
vaistinis smidras Lithuanian
espargue Occitan
sparanghel Romanian
asparágus lekársky Slovak
špargľa lekárska Slovak
navadni beluš Slovene
холодок лікарський Ukrainian
холодок прибережний Ukrainian
merllys Welsh