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Asparagus scandens

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

Asparagus scandens
Asparagus scandens

Asparagus scandens flowering in late spring in the forest on Table Mountain above Kirstenbosch on the Cape Peninsula, South Africa.  [photos Colin Paterson-Jones ©]