Asparagus krebsianus

Asparagus krebsianus is a shrub of the Asparagus genus that is native to rocky areas in southern Africa.^[2] It ranges from central Malawi through Mozambique to the Northern Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, and Cape Provinces of South Africa.^[1]

Asparagus krebsianus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Asparagaceae
Subfamily:	Asparagoideae
Genus:	Asparagus
Species:	A. krebsianus
Binomial name
Asparagus krebsianus (Kunth) Jessop (1966)
Synonyms[1]
Asparagopsis krebsiana Kunth (1850) Protasparagus krebsianus (Kunth) Oberm. (1983)

Description

It has tuberous roots, and smooth, grey-green, scrambling-twining, sometimes zig-zagged stems. Stems and branches all have slightly darker spines. The leaves are small, linear or needle-like, slightly triangular in cross-section, and appear in tufts.^[3]

Related species

It is part of a group of similar and related African Asparagus species, including Asparagus aethiopicus, Asparagus confertus and Asparagus densiflorus.^[4]