Tiki Fern, Asparagus Fern, Broom Fern at Mawson, ACT
Identification history
| Asparagus virgatus | 17 Jan 2025 | Tapirlord | ||
| Unverified | 12 Dec 2024 | Mike |
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7 comments
Mike
wrote:
12 Dec 2024
Not Asparagus officinalis as identified in Nearby sightings such as https://canberra.naturemapr.org/sightings/4622450.
Mike
wrote:
12 Dec 2024
I have taken specimens of stems/fruit to ANBG for Herbarium identification, but waiting for results. Should I make another collection now it is flowering?
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
22 Dec 2024
Sorry Mike if not too late another collection be good - thanks for persisting with this
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
22 Dec 2024
Mike flowers are bisexual which rules out Asparagus officinalis and makes Asparagus virgatus probable- a common and serious weed in Australia but only one record from the ACT (Inaturalist on Red Hill) and it is pretty hard from the INaturalist photo to determine that it is virgatus - will wait till you hear back from the herbarium to confirm
Mike
wrote:
22 Dec 2024
Michael, the iNaturalist sighting on Red Hill is incorrectly identified; I went recently and found it to be Asparagus officinalis, https://canberra.naturemapr.org/sightings/4622863.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.093206-35.359505
- Altitude 627.0m
- Places Mawson, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 12 Dec 2024 11:24 AM Recorded on
- Mike Recorded by
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Collections
Mike NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Asparagus virgatus Climbers Climbers & Mistletoes Plants
Additional information
- 30cm to 1 metre Plant height
- True In flower
Species information
- Asparagus virgatus Scientific name
- Tiki Fern, Asparagus Fern, Broom Fern Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Minor weed or pest
- 621m to 658m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Protasparagus virgatus
Record quality
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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