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Asparagus scandens
Also called Climbing Asparagus Fern
Asparagus scandens is a climbing or scrambling perennial from South Africa's Western Cape, not a true fern despite its common name. It is grown mainly as a shade-tolerant climber or groundcover, and it is the thornless species in its genus.
Asparagus scandens (also known as climbing asparagus fern or krulkransie) is a flowering plant native to South Africa in the genus Asparagus. Despite one of its common names, it is not related to ferns.
It is endemic to the shady afro-montane forests of the Western Cape, South Africa. Here it can be found from the indigenous woods and kloofs of Cape Town, eastwards as far as the Tsitsikamma Mountains.
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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.
