Asparagus asparagoides

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 Asparagus asparagoides subsp. var.  
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Asparagus asparagoides, Wight (Myrsiphyllum asparagoides, Willd. A. medeoloides, Thunb.). Smilax of florists Fig. 410 Tall slender glabrous twiner: sts. slender, much branched: cladodes single in axils of lf.-scales, ovate, about 1 in. long, usually spreading horizontally: If .-scale small, not developed into a spur at base: fls. solitary or paired in axils on slender pedicels, greenish white; perianth-lobes spreading or recurved from beyond middle: berries dark purple, 1-3-seeded. S. Afr. B.M. 5584. R.H. 1895:177. S.H. 1:417; 2:160. Gn. 42, p. 536. G.W.I, p. 206.—Much grown for florists' use in decorations. Seed small, germinating in about 3 weeks (see cultural notes under Smilax in a succeeding volume). Var. myrtifolius, Hort. "baby" Smilax, an extremely light and elegant variety with much smaller Lvs. than the type, becoming popular.


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