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Botanical details
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Native to the UK
- No
- Potentially harmful
- Genus
Asparagus
- Genus description
Asparagus can be evergreen or deciduous perennials or subshrubs, sometimes climbing, with tuberous rootstock. Stems bear both inconspicuous scale-like leaves and larger, leaf-like phylloclades, with small white or pinkish flowers followed by red berries
- Name status
Correct
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