Asparagus psilurusWelw. ex Baker [family ASPARAGACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
Asparagus psilurus
Flora
Entry for ASPARAGUS psilurus 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 psilurusWelw. ex Baker [family ASPARAGACEAE], in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 253.
Information
An erect herb, 2–3 ft. long, with the habit of A. officinalis. Branchlets copious, slender, ascending, 1/2–1 ft. long. Leaves without a spiny spur. Cladodia 6–8 in a cluster, subulate, ascending, 1/2– 3/4 in. long. Flowers solitary or in pairs, often produced from leafless nodes; pedicels 1/6– 1/4 in. long, articulated at the middle. Perianth 1/8– 1/6 in. long; segments spreading very little. Anthers minute, oblong. Berry when dried 1/6 in. diam.
Distribution
Angola Lower Guinea Pungo Andongo; frequent in thickets at Cuanza, Welwitsch, 3868! 3869! 3870! 3871!
