Asparagus Lignosus
Image: Abu Shawka
Description
A spiny shrublet to 80cm with pale, finely grooved stems and widely spreading branches bearing clusters of leathery, needle-like false leaves.Asparagus Lignosus bears 1-4 white flowers in the axils of the clusters, the tepals and the stamens spreading.
It occurs on rocky sandstone slopes and damp sandy flats in the Southwestern Cape.
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Scientific name
Asparagus Lignosus