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Asparagus capensis
Also called Wild Asparagus
Cape Asparagus is a dense, thorny, bottle-brush shaped shrub from South Africa and Namibia, growing up to about 1 metre. It needs full sun, excellent drainage and very little water.
Asparagus capensis, also called katdoring (from the Afrikaans for 'cat-thorn') is a dense, thorny, shrub of the Asparagus genus, that is indigenous to South Africa and Namibia.
Its natural range is stony slopes throughout the Cape, from Namibia southwards to Cape Town and eastwards to the Eastern Cape. However, it is especially common in the western winter-rainfall regions. It tends to favour sandy soils and, although it occurs inland, it is most common near the coast.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Asparagus capensis 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.
