Asparagus lignosus

Asparagus lignosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Asparagoideae
Genus: Asparagus
Species: A. lignosus
Binomial name
Asparagus lignosus
(L.) Druce

Asparagus lignosus ("Katdoring") is a thorny, spindly creeper of the Asparagus genus, that is indigenous to the south-western Cape of South Africa.[1]

It occurs in rocky sandstone slopes and fynbos vegetation in the Western Cape.


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