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Wild asparagus
Andreas Rockstein, CC BY-SA 4.0, via iNaturalist

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Wild asparagus

Asparagus officinalis L.

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishWild asparagus
DutchAsperge
SpanishEsparraguera
Chinese石刁柏
Scientific nameAsparagus officinalis L.

About this species

Asparagus (Asparagus officinalis) or garden asparagus is a perennial flowering plant species in the genus Asparagus native to Eurasia. Widely cultivated as a vegetable crop, its young shoots are used as a spring vegetable. In 2024, world production of asparagus was 8.9 million tonnes, led by China with 87% of the total.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassLiliopsida
OrderAsparagales
FamilyAsparagaceae
GenusAsparagus

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