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Asparagus squarrosus is a spiny, drought-tolerant perennial from Cape Verde, found on most of its islands in arid and very dry areas. It is a wild species rarely grown in gardens, so care depends on mimicking its hot, dry native conditions.
Asparagus squarrosus is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde. The species was named by Johann Anton Schmidt in 1853. Its local name is espargo. The plant is used in traditional medicine.
Asparagus squarrosus occurs on nearly all of the Cape Verdean islands. It is found in arid and extremely arid zones.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Asparagus squarrosus 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.
