Asparagus virgatus

Tiki Fern, Asparagus Fern, Broom Fern at Mawson, ACT

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Identification history

	Asparagus virgatus	10 Jan 2025	MichaelMulvaney
	Unidentified	28 Nov 2024	Mike

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Mike wrote:

28 Nov 2024

Previously identified as Asparagus officinalis Asparagus officinalis (Asparagus) but it is not that.
Possibly Asparagus virgatus.
Stiff perennial with small orange fruit and single round seed.

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

28 Nov 2024

Thanks Mike aspargus virgatus does not seem to be a good fit either can you collect or try and photograph a flower

Mike wrote:

28 Nov 2024

I don't know when it flowers. Are there any other photos I can take?

Mike wrote:

28 Nov 2024

@Jiggy , @Tapirlord , is this similar to the 2018 iNaturalist record on Red Hill?

Mike wrote:

30 Nov 2024

Photos added to show fruit and 'asparagus' spears. Plant spreading by long rhizomes.

Mike wrote:

30 Nov 2024

I went looking for https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/18769961 Asparagus virgatus on Red Hill for comparison and found that it was Asparagus officinalis. This Mawson sighting looks quite different.

Mike wrote:

12 Dec 2024

@MichaelMulvaney: Flowers shown in sighting https://canberra.naturemapr.org/sightings/4627581.

Mike wrote:

10 Jan 2025

Confirmed as Asparagus virgatus.

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

10 Jan 2025

Thanks Mike did they give you a specimen ID number

Mike wrote:

10 Jan 2025

Not yet.

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

10 Jan 2025

Mike are you expecting one - if so I will delay confirming so that it can be a fully verified identification

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Location information

Coordinates 149.093235 -35.359603
Altitude 621.0m
Places Mawson, ACT

Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
29 Nov 2024 09:49 AM Recorded on
Mike Recorded by
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Mike NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Climbers & Mistletoes Plants

Species information

Asparagus virgatus Scientific name
Tiki Fern, Asparagus Fern, Broom Fern Common name
Not Sensitive
Exotic
Minor weed or pest
621m to 640.65m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
In flower
Synonyms
Protasparagus virgatus

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