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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Asparagus officinalis L.
Garden asparagus

Asparagus officinalis
Copyright by: Shirley Denton

Family: Asparagaceae

Group: Monocot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: The Old World; widely cultivated and sometimes naturalized elsewhere.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Not Native, Cultivated Only

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Comments: For more images, click on the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants link below.

FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Present

FLORIDA KEYS Native Status: Not Native, Cultivated Only

Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys

Florida Keys History and Distribution: Not reported for the Florida Keys by John Kunkel Small in 1913. Sparingly cultivated in the Florida Keys. Reported as naturalized in the Florida Keys by the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants, but a specimen at FLAS needs to be checked.

Other data on Asparagus officinalis available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants

Asparagus officinalis has been reported from the following 2 conservation areas in the FLORIDA KEYS :
Occurrence Native Status
Dry Tortugas National Park Presumed Extirpated Not Native, Cultivated Only
National Key Deer Refuge Possibly Extirpated Not Native, Cultivated Only






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Asparagus officinalis
Copyright by: Shirley Denton