Asparagus equisetoidesWelw. ex Baker [family ASPARAGACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
Asparagus equisetoides
Flora
Entry for ASPARAGUS equisetoides Welw. ex Baker [family ASPARAGACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 7, page 421, (1898) Author: (By J. G. Baker.)
Names
ASPARAGUS equisetoidesWelw. ex Baker [family ASPARAGACEAE], in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 253.
Information
A much-branched shrub, with erecto-patent pinnate main branches and slender erecto-patent branchlets 1/2–1 ft. long. Leaves with a small deflexed pungent spur. Cladodia usually absent, rarely solitary, subulate, 1/6– 1/4 in. long, appressed to the branchlets. Flowers not seen, probably axillary.
Distribution
Angola Lower Guinea Pungo Andongo; in sandy ground on the banks of the River Cuanza, Welwitsch, 3846! 3847!
