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Created 12/19/2012

Family Asparagaceae

HAWAII - NATURALIZED

Asparagus aethiopicus 

Kaloko, Hawaii

SPRENGER'S ASPARAGUS FERN

Sprawling plant with sharp spines and tuberous roots.  An invasive species where it has escaped cultivation.  Native to South Africa.  Long confused with the more compact Asparagus densiflorus.