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|accepted_name=Asparagus asparagoides
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) W. Wight
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in W. D. Whitney and B. E. Smith, Cent. Dict. Cyclop. ed. 2
|place=12: 845 sub Myrsiphyllum.1909
|year=1909
}}
|common_names=Smilax asparagus
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Medeola asparagoides
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|publication_title=Sp. Pl.
|publication_place=1: 339. 1753
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Liliaceae;Asparagus;Asparagus asparagoides
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Liliaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Asparagus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Asparagus asparagoides]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 212, 213
|treatment_page=page 214
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Vines,</b> erect to deflexed, branching, climbing to 1.5 m; roots tuberous. <b>Stems</b> slender, to 3 m, wiry, smooth to slightly ridged; cladophylls solitary at each node, broadly lanceolate to ovate, 15–35 × 5–15(–20) mm, leathery, with 20–24 parallel veins. <b>Leaves</b> membranous, 1–2 mm; blade broadly lanceolate. <b>Inflorescences</b> in axillary umbels, 1–3(–4)-flowered. <b>Flowers</b> bisexual; perianth campanulate; tepals white, with green median stripe abaxially, 5–7 × 1–1.5 mm; pedicel 5–8 mm, with hard, raised joint 1–3 mm above base. <b>Berries</b> red, 6–8 mm. <b>Seeds</b> 1–4(–6). <b>2n</b> = 20.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–summer.
|habitat=Waste places, open forests, roadsides
|elevation=0–100 m
|distribution=Calif.;s Africa.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p><i>Asparagus asparagoides</i> is cultivated as an ornamental and has naturalized locally in southern Europe.</p>
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name=Asparagus asparagoides
|authority=(Linnaeus) W. Wight
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Medeola asparagoides
|family=Liliaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–summer.
|habitat=Waste places, open forests, roadsides
|elevation=0–100 m
|distribution=Calif.;s Africa.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=in W. D. Whitney and B. E. Smith, Cent. Dict. Cyclop. ed. 2
|publication year=1909
|special status=Introduced;Illustrated
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|genus=Asparagus
|species=Asparagus asparagoides
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