Plants
Other Wildflowers & Herbs
Sighting 4567966

Asparagus officinalis

Asparagus at Mount Majura

Asparagus officinalis at Mount Majura - 22 Mar 2024 04:03 PM
Asparagus officinalis at Mount Majura - 22 Mar 2024 04:03 PM
Asparagus officinalis at Mount Majura - 22 Mar 2024 04:03 PM
Asparagus officinalis at Mount Majura - 22 Mar 2024 04:03 PM
Request use of media

Identification history

Asparagus officinalis 24 Apr 2024 Tapirlord
Asparagus officinalis 22 Apr 2024 mcosgrove

Identify this sighting

Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.

4 comments

waltraud wrote:
   27 Apr 2024
Many thanks for record and Id. What is the best way to control?
abread111 wrote:
   27 Apr 2024
See https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-25/asparagus-assassin-tool-invented-fight-invasive-weed/103561264
I like the name - asparagus assassin!
Mike wrote:
   27 Apr 2024
I am not sure the asparagus assassin would be big enough to get all the rhizomes. https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/-/media/OEH/Corporate-Site/Documents/Animals-and-plants/Pests-and-weeds/asparagus-weeds-management-manual-130486.pdf does not include specific treatment for Asparagus officinalis but I have dug out a dense patch, careful to get all rhizomes, then followed up the next year to get seedlings. I have also used stem scrape and poison. However, it is spreading widely and can be hard to find and treat.
waltraud wrote:
   28 Apr 2024
https://canberra.naturemapr.org/users/22862, I think the asparagus that is mentioned in the article to which you refer is A. aethiopicus (there is one CNM record by Mike); it probably spreads in the same way as the A. officinalis (birds for larger distances / rhizomes). Thanks Mike for treatment hints; I have a damaged back and 2 tennis elbows from parkcare work so I can't dig and need to use other means of control. What poison did you use?

Please Login or Register to comment.

Location information

Sighting information

Additional information

  • 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height
  • False In flower

Species information

Record quality

  • Images or audio
  • More than one media file
  • Verified by an expert moderator
  • Nearby sighting(s) of same species
  • GPS evidence of location
  • Description
  • Additional attributes
833,212 sightings of 22,974 species from 14,457 members
CCA 3.0 | privacy
NatureMapr is developed by at3am IT Pty Ltd and is proudly Australian made