Asparagus filicinus
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Asparagus filicinus, Ham. An erect herb with densely clustered fusiform tuberous roots 2-4 in. long: sts. erect, branching: branches with twigs and cladodes in a horizontal plane like A. plumosus: cladodes flat, lanceolate strongly falcate, 3-5, of varying lengths, ¼-⅝ in.: fls. axillary on long slender pedicels, green; stamens and pistils white; perianth - lobes wide-spreading: berry black, ⅜ in., 1-3-seeded. India and China. G.C. III.44:122, 123.—Hardy herbaceous perennial, very ornamental, suggesting a delicate fern in appearance; several wild varieties.
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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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