BOTANICAL NAME ASPARAGUS SETACEUS

PRONUNCIATION as - PAIR - ah - gus SET - ah - cus

COMMON NAME Plume Asparagus Fern

FAMILY Liliaceae

Life Cycle Interiorscape-perennial Outdoors- annual

Growth Habit Foliage plant for flower arrangements Interiorscape plant 2 feet tall and wide

ARRANGEMENT and composition Alternate and compound

LEAF Linear 1/4 “ hairlike”

MARGIN Entire

VEINS Parallel

FLOWER White

FRUIT Red berry

EXPOSURE Part shade

GROWTH Slow

USE House plant Foliage for corsages

DESCRIPTION Leaves are hairlike Stems have thorns

CULTURAL PRACTICES

ZONES 10 and 11

NATIVE OF: South Africa