PROTASPARAGUS DENSIFLORUS
Author:
Anna Amelia Obermeyer, 1983
Family:
ASPARAGACEAE
Origin:
Elevation:
Publisher:
Bothalia 9: 65 (1966)
Collection number:
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Thickness:
3 Centimetres
Height:
100 Centimetres
Propagate:
Seeds/Rhizomes
CITES:
Synonyms:
Asparagopsis densiflora, Karl Sigismund Kunth, 1850.
Asparagus densiflorus, John Peter Jessop, 1966.
Asparagus myriocladus, Baker.
Asparagus sprengeri, Regel.
This member of the Asparagaceae family was given this name by Anna Amelia Obermeyer in 1983. It is found in Eswatini, Mozambique and eastern South Africa, growing in a well drained soil with some water and some sun. The rhizomes can grow to three centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to 50 or even 100 centimetres in height. The flowers are white to pale pink.
The genera name from Greek protos; 'first', and asparagos, 'the asparagus plant'.
The species name means 'dense flowered'. The rhizomes A fruit
Flower
White - Light Pink
Soil
Mixed
Water
Medium
Sun
Medium
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