Sicklethorn
Asparagus falcatus
Summary 6
Asparagus falcatus (Sicklethorn, Large Forest Asparagus, Imblekazana or Doringtou) is a large, thorny, climbing plant of the Asparagus genus, that is indigenous to South Africa and Mozambique.
Climber - draped on trees up to 5 m in height.
the flowers last for only a day or two - all opening at the same time on a bush. Fruit small(6 mm diameter) and red.
Sources and Credits
- (c) Ricky Taylor, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Ricky Taylor
- (c) eyeweed, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/eyeweed/10588958284/
- (c) Nick Helme, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Nick Helme
- (c) berthapi2, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by berthapi2
- (c) Astrid, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Astrid
- Adapted by Ricky Taylor from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asparagus_falcatus
More Info
- iNat taxon page
- African Plants - a photo guide
- Atlas of Living Australia
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- eFloras.org
- Flora of North America (beta)
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
- NatureServe Explorer 2.0
- New Zealand Plant Conservation Network
- SEINet Symbiota portals
- Tropicos
- World Flora Online
iNat Map
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