Asparagus

Scientific Name:   Asparagus officinalis


One of only a few vegetables that are monocots (plants having only one cotyledon, or seed leaf).

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Asparagus


Genus species: Asparagus officinalis
Common Name: Asparagus
Family Name: Asparagaceae  
Asparagus family, is a family of flowering plants, placed in the order Asparagales of the monocots. The family name is based on the edible garden asparagus
Seed Type Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Nonnative
Category:Wildflower
Flower Color:Yellow
Identified by:A. Swanson
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