1. ASPARAGUS DENSIFLORUS cv. ‘Sprengeri’
BOTANICAL NAME
ASPARAGUS DENSIFLORUS cv. ‘Sprengeri’

2. PRONUNCIATION
As - PAIR - ah - gus den - sih - FLOOR - us SPRENG - ger - eye

3. COMMON NAME
Sprengeri Fern

5. FAMILY
Liliaceae

6. Life Cycle
Annual
Foliage plant

7. Growth Habit
Pendulous
Height 18”
Width 18”

8. ARRANGEMENT
Whorled

9. MARGIN
Entire

10. VEINS
Parallel

11. LEAF
Linear
Length 1/2”
Width 1/16”

12. COMPOSITION
Compound

14. FLOWER
White

15. FRUIT
Red berry 3/16” in diameter

17. EXPOSURE
Sun
Part shade

18. GROWTH
Slow

19. USE
House plant
Used as ground cover in Florida

20. DESCRIPTION Leaves are needles and occur all around the stem
Stem has thorns when mature

22. CULTURAL PRACTICES
May be used as foliage in flower arranging

23. ZONES
10 and 11

24. NATIVE OF:
South Africa