EPPO Global Database

Asparagus setaceus(ASPPL)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: ASPPL
  • Preferred name: Asparagus setaceus
  • Authority: (Kunth) Jessop

Notes

South Africa to Ethiopia. Cultivated as an ornamental and sometimes naturalized. Introduced in some Mediterranean countries, Bangladesh, USA (California, Texas), Mexico, Central America, Ecuador, Argentina, Uruguay, southern Brazil, New Zealand (invasive)


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Asparagus plumosus Baker

Common names
Name Language
asparagus fern English
fern asparagus English
Zierspargel German
asperge plumeuse French
petite fougère French
pluimasperge Dutch
espargo-de-folhas-miúdas Portuguese
espargo-feto Portuguese
asparag menutzeh Hebrew
אַסְפָּרָג מְנֻצֶּה Hebrew
переста аспержа Bulgarian