Asparagus virgatus
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Asparagus virgatus, Baker (A. elongatus, Hort.). Fig. 409. Roots fibrous, crown with long semi-woody rhizomes: sts. erect (3-6 ft.), much branched above, branches long, straight or drooping: cladodes in 3's, stiff, ¼-¾ in. long, angled, not very abundant; cladodes and sts. dark green: lf .-scale white, developed basally into an appressed bract-like extension similar to upper part: fls. solitary at nodes on drooping pedicels, no cladodes in axils with fls.; perianth greenish white, wide-spreading, ⅕ in. diam.; stigma capitate: berry 1-2-seeded. dull orange-red, ⅙ in. in diam. S. Afr. F.E. 27:114.— Easily grown from seed, which germinates in 3 weeks, or from cuttings of rhizomes. Not highly 11 ornamental, but of value in decorative work on account of its erect habit.
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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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