Asparagus
Asparagus officinalis
The story
In English folklore, this plant earned the charming folk name "sparrow grass." Though native to Eurasia, it has captured the imagination of gardeners and cooks worldwide as a classic harbinger of spring.
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- Family
- Asparagaceae
How to use it
This species is widely cultivated as a vegetable crop, where its young shoots are harvested and utilized as a spring vegetable.
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In the kitchen
The young shoots of this plant are widely cultivated and harvested to be used as a delicious spring vegetable.
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About
Asparagus, or garden asparagus, folk name sparrow grass, scientific name Asparagus officinalis, is a spring vegetable, a flowering perennial plant species in the genus Asparagus.
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Asparagus
- Slug
- asparagus
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Asparagus
- Species
- officinalis
- Category
- Misc
- Wikidata QID
- Q28367
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 48
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