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Asparagus burchellii
Burchells Asparagus is a spiny, spreading or climbing shrub from the dry scrub of South Africa's southern Cape, growing up to about 3 metres. It is grown mainly as an outdoor or sheltered garden plant in dry, mild climates.
Asparagus burchellii, is a shrub of the Asparagus genus, that is indigenous to dry scrub vegetion in the southern Cape region, South Africa.
This species occurs in the Eastern Cape Province and the Western Cape Province as far west as Stellenbosch. It is common in scrub, renosterveld and karoo vegetation.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Asparagus burchellii 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.
