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Asparagus asparagoides
Also called Bridal Creeper, Bridal Veil Creeper, Gnarboola, Smilax, Smilax Asparagus
A scrambling or climbing herbaceous vine with shiny green flattened stems (cladodes) that look like leaves, grown mainly for cut foliage and as a hanging or trailing decoration. It is a serious weed in Australia and New Zealand, so avoid planting it outdoors where it can spread.
Asparagus asparagoides, commonly known as bridal creeper, bridal-veil creeper, gnarboola, smilax or smilax asparagus, is a herbaceous climbing plant of the family Asparagaceae native to eastern and southern Africa. Sometimes grown as an ornamental plant, it has become a serious environmental weed in Australia and New Zealand.
It ranges throughout tropical Africa, south to Namibia, and the fynbos in South Africa, as far south as Cape Town.
Asparagus asparagoides, often under the name smilax, is commonly used in floral arrangements or home decorating.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Asparagus asparagoides by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
