- Scientific Name: Asparagus setaceus (Kunth) Jessop
- Ref: Bothalia. 9:51. 1966
- English Common Name: common asparagus fern, lace fern, climbing asparagus, ferny asparagus
- Chinese Common Name: 文竹 wénzhú
- Japanese Common Name: オオミドリボウキ [大緑箒] ōmidoribōki
- Family: Asparagaceae
- Genus: Asparagus
- Distribution: Commonly cultivated and occasionally becoming naturalized [native to S Africa].
- Photo: 10/23/2018
Herbs hermaphroditic. Stems climbing, much branched, to several meters, slightly woody near base; branches spreading horizontally, with branchlets and cladodes arranged in 1 plane, frondlike. Cladodes in fascicles of 10--13, 4--5 mm, very slender, slightly trigonous. Leaf spur short, occasionally spinescent on main stems. Inflorescences developing after cladodes. Flowers solitary or in clusters of 2 or 3; pedicel short, articulate at middle. Perianth white; segments widely spreading, lanceolate-oblong, ca. 7 mm. Berry purplish black, 6--7 mm in diam., 1--3-seeded. Fl. Jun. 2 n = 20*. (Flora of China)
