Vegetative key to the families
Vegetative Key Vegetative key to the families
LEAVES REDUCED TO SCALES ON THE AERIAL STEMS
Chlorophyll present (some root parasites with a yellowish tinge in the cladodes)
Scale-leaves all bearing leaf-like cladodes in the axils Asparagaceae
Cladodes flat, most more than 1 mm wide
Tepals shortly united. Scales membranous, without spines in the axils
Cladodes single in each axil, ovate to lanceolate, 1–7 cm long, up to 25 mm wide. Anthers orange-red. Berry 6–10 mm diam. Garden escape near towns, sometimes common on coastal dunes. Introd. from S. Africa. Fl. summer Asparagus asparagoides
Cladodes 3 in each axil, linear-lanceolate, 5–15 mm long, up to 2 mm wide. Anthers yellow. Berry 5–7 mm diam. Garden escape near towns. Introd. from S. Africa. Fl. summer Asparagus scandens