Asparagus albus | |
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Stems are white | |
Flowers are white | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Asparagaceae |
Subfamily: | Asparagoideae |
Genus: | Asparagus |
Species: | A. albus
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Binomial name | |
Asparagus albus | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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Asparagus albus is a widespread species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to the western and central Mediterranean. [2] It is found in the coastal maquis shrubland biome, and in ruderal situations. [1]
Asparagus albus was formally described in 1753 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the first volume of his Species Plantarum under its current binomial name. [3] [4] The specific epithet, albus, is Latin meaning "white". [5]