Asparagus falcatus
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Asparagus falcatus, Linn. A large spreading woody vine with stout gray or brown sts. 20-40 ft. long, much branched above: cladodes 3-5, or more at ends of twigs, falcate, linear-lanceolate, with undulate margins, rich dark green, 2-3 in. long: If.-scales with stout basal spines: sweet-scented fls. in loose racemes 2-3 in. long, produced in great profusion in midsummer; perianth pure white, ¼ in. diam., segms. lanceolate; stamens yellow: fr. dull brown. Trop. Asia and Afr.—One of the largest and finest species of the genus; thrives under temperate conditions, growing outdoors in the absence of frost. G.C. III. 23:123; 41:82. Ref. Bot. 261. G.W. 5:334.
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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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