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Asparagus albus - Inflorescences close-up - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescences close-up; Cabanas de Tavira, Algarve, Portugal; 8/2008 © Jörn Germer

Asparagus albus - Flowers - Click to enlarge!

Flowers; Quefes, Faro, Portugal; 8/2017 © Jörn Germer

Asparagus albus - Branch with flowers - Click to enlarge!

Branch with flowers; Cabanas de Tavira, Algarve, Portugal; 8/2008 © Jörn Germer

Asparagus albus - Flowers and ripening fruits - Click to enlarge!

Flowers and ripening fruits; Quefes, Faro, Portugal; 8/2017 © Jörn Germer

Asparagus albus - Thorns - Click to enlarge!

Thorns; Cabanas de Tavira, Algarve, Portugal; 8/2008 © Jörn Germer

Asparagus albus - Branch with fruits - Click to enlarge!

Branch with fruits; Cabanas de Tavira, Algarve, Portugal; 8/2008 © Jörn Germer

Asparagus albus - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Cabanas de Tavira, Algarve, Portugal; 8/2008 © Jörn Germer

Asparagus albus - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Quefes, Faro, Portugal; 8/2017 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 913
Date of entry: 31.08.2008
Last update: 17.01.2020

Common name

English: White Asparagus

German: Weißstängeliger Spargel

Portuguese: Estrepes

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Liliopsida (397)

      Order: Asparagales (46)

        Family: Asparagaceae (34)(family description)

          Genus: Asparagus (8)

            Epithet: albus Thunb. (7)

Synonyms: Asparagopsis alba Kunth, Asparagus pallidus Salisb.

alba => white

albus => dead white, without lustre

pallidus => somewhat pallid

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: shrub

Flower colour: white

External links

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