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Asparagus mucronatus
Grey Asparagus (Asparagus mucronatus) is a thorny South African shrub or climber, reaching about 2 metres, with fragrant white summer flowers. It is a wild species of rocky Cape vegetation and is rarely grown in gardens, so care notes are general guidance.
Asparagus mucronatus ("Katdoring") is a thorny shrub or creeper of the Asparagus genus, that is indigenous to the southern Cape regions of South Africa.
This species is indigenous to the southern Cape regions of South Africa. Its distribution is from Paarl in the Western Cape Province, across the southern Cape into the Eastern Cape Province.
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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.
