Family: Asparagaceae
Group: Monocot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Herb
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: South Africa; widely cultivated and naturalized elsewhere.
Map of South Florida Locations
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Present
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Not Native, Naturalized
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Cultivated
Comments: For more images, click on the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants link below. See also a 2022 post on the
Treasure Coast Natives blog about the history of Common asparagus-fern in Jupiter, Florida.
FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence:
Present
FLORIDA KEYS Native Status:
Not Native, Naturalized
Map of Florida Keys Locations
Florida Keys History and Distribution: Not reported for the Florida Keys by John Kunkel Small in 1913. First collected in 1952 on No Name Key by J.D. Dickson III
(s.n., FTG). This is sparingly naturalized in the Florida Keys.
