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Asparagus rubicundus
Redstem asparagus is a thorny, fluffy shrub from the Cape of South Africa, growing to about 1.5 m with dark-brown stems and feathery leaves. It is grown in full sun in well-drained sandy or gritty soil, and its young shoots are edible like garden asparagus.
Asparagus rubicundus, known as the red-stemmed asparagus, is a fluffy, thorny shrub of the Asparagus genus, that is endemic to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.
It occurs throughout the southern and western Cape, as far north as Namibia, and as far east as Uitenhage.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Asparagus rubicundus 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.
