Asparagus mucronatus

Asparagus mucronatus ("Katdoring") is a thorny shrub or creeper of the Asparagus genus, that is indigenous to the southern Cape regions of South Africa.[1]

Asparagus mucronatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Asparagoideae
Genus: Asparagus
Species:
A. mucronatus
Binomial name
Asparagus mucronatus
Jessop

Description

A shrub or climber (reaching max. 2 meters in height) with recurved 5mm thorns. The young stems are hairy, with long basal bracts (2–6 cm).

The 5mm leaves have sharp tips, and are in groups of four.

The white flowers appear in Summer, and have a very strong and pleasant fragrance.[2]

Distribution

This species is indigenous to the southern Cape regions of South Africa. Its distribution is from Paarl in the Western Cape Province, across the southern Cape into the Eastern Cape Province.

It occurs in rocky succulent karoo and renosterveld vegetation.

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References
  1. "Threatened Species Programme | SANBI Red List of South African Plants". redlist.sanbi.org.
  2. Obermeyer, A.A. & Immelman, K.L, (1992). Flora of southern Africa, Volume 5, Part 3: 59, 60. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.


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