Common name: Garden Asparagus
Scientific name: Asparagus officinalis 蘆筍、石刁柏
Genus: Asparagus 天門冬屬
Family: Asparagaceae 天門冬科*, asparagus family
Remarks*: It is previously belonged to the Liliaceae 百合科, the lily family.
Origin: Archaeophyte (established before 1500 AD.) A Eurosiberian Temperate taxon; native over much of Europe, eastwards to central Asia. Is has been cultivated in Britain since Roman times.
Date: 21st June
134 A rhizomatous perennial.
109
113 Stem erect, much-branched, can reach up to 1.5 m.
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099 Leaves reduced to small scales (the small brown structure at the base of the clusters of needle-like structures), with clusters of 4-15 green needle-like cladodes 葉狀莖 in their axils that perform the function of leaves. Cladodes 10-20 mm, flexible.
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111 Younger flower buds.
100 Flower buds ready to open; pedicels 6-10 mm.
105 Flower buds ready to open or flower withered?
098 Flowers 1-2 in axils of scale leaves on main stem.
106 Flower; tepals fused at base, 4.5-6.5 mm, greenish to pale yellow.
104 Dioecious plant (having male and female flowers on separate plants). Male flower.
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The following are female plants:
276 (taken on 9th Aug on another location)
282 Female flowers. (taken on 9th Aug on another location)
280 Female flowers. (taken on 9th Aug on another location)
281 Female flowers.
133 Berries. (21st June)
0036 Berries, would turn red when ripe. (taken on 9th Aug on another location)
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