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Asparagus aethiopicus

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Asparagales > Family: Asparagaceae > Genus: Asparagus

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Asparagus aethiopicus in flower in autumn in forest on the dunes above Groenvlei, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

 Asparagus aethiopicus in flower in summer in coastal thicket at Olifantsbos on the southern Cape Peninsula, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]