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Asparagus cochinchinensis is distributed in eastern Asia including the Philippines and Japan; named after the southern region of Vietnam, in Vietnamese A. cochinchinensis is called thiên môn đông, [3] the latter similar to tian men dong (天門冬) in Chinese. This is a trailing plant, growing up to 2.5 m long; leaves are phyllodes, 15-25 ...
Dasylirion leiophyllum is a species of flowering plant in the asparagus family known by the common names green sotol, smooth-leaf sotol, and smooth sotol.It is native to North America, where it occurs in Chihuahua and Coahuila [2] in Mexico and New Mexico and western Texas in the United States. [3]
[citation needed] White asparagus is the result of applying a blanching technique while the asparagus shoots are growing. [42] To cultivate white asparagus, the shoots are covered with soil as they grow, i.e. earthed up; without exposure to sunlight, no photosynthesis starts, and the shoots remain white.
Asparagus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Asparagoideae. [2] It comprises up to 300 species. Most are evergreen long-lived perennial plants growing from the understory as lianas, bushes or climbing plants. The best-known species is the edible Asparagus officinalis, commonly referred to as just asparagus.
Asparagus acutifolius, common name wild asparagus, is an evergreen perennial plant belonging to the genus Asparagus.The specific epithet, acutifolius, meaning "thorny leaves", is derived from Latin acutus (pointed, acute), and -folius (-leaved), and refers to the characteristic shape of the leaves, a quite common feature in the typical plants of the Mediterranean.
Nolina texana, the Texas sacahuiste or Texas beargrass, is a plant in the asparagus family that resembles a large clump of grass. It grows in the south central United States and Northern Mexico. They are sometimes grown as a garden plant in xeriscape or native plant gardens.
Asparagaceae (/ ə s ˌ p æ r ə ˈ ɡ eɪ s i ˌ aɪ,-s iː ˌ iː /), known as the asparagus family, is a family of flowering plants, placed in the order Asparagales of the monocots. [1] The family name is based on the edible garden asparagus, Asparagus officinalis. This family includes both common garden plants as well as common houseplants.
Asparagus setaceus, with the common names of common asparagus fern, asparagus grass, [2] lace fern, climbing asparagus, or ferny asparagus, is a climbing plant in the family Asparagaceae native to southern Africa. [3] Despite its common name, the plant is not a true fern, but has leaves that resemble one. [4]