1. BOTANICAL NAME
ASPARAGUS SETACEUS

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

3. COMMON NAME
Plume Asparagus Fern

5. FAMILY
Liliaceae

6. Life Cycle
Interiorscape-perennial
Outdoors- annual

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

8. ARRANGEMENT and composition
Alternate and compound

9. LEAF
Linear
1/4 “ hairlike”

10. MARGIN
Entire

11. VEINS
Parallel

12. FLOWER
White

14. FRUIT
Red berry

15. EXPOSURE
Part shade

16. GROWTH
Slow

17. USE
House plant
Foliage for corsages

18. DESCRIPTION
Leaves are hairlike
Stems have thorns

19. CULTURAL PRACTICES

20. ZONES
10 and 11

21. NATIVE OF:
South Africa