Tiki Fern, Asparagus Fern, Broom Fern at Pearce, ACT
Identification history
| Asparagus virgatus | 25 Aug 2025 | Tapirlord | ||
| Asparagus virgatus | 25 Aug 2025 | Tapirlord | ||
| Pteridium esculentum | 22 Aug 2025 | CarbonAI | ||
| Unverified | 22 Aug 2025 | Juliea |
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Asparagus fern
5 comments
dcnicholls
wrote:
22 Aug 2025
Not a fern, but a flowering plant, despite the name. CarbonAI is confused. Likely a domestic escape, if it is in fact Asparagus. Not sure about that.
Juliea
wrote:
25 Aug 2025
Hi, thanks, it's definitely not a bracken fern! I'm pretty sure it's Asparagus virgatus, environmental weed in the ACT, which is why I posted it. I guess I should notify the ACT Parks people.
Juliea
wrote:
25 Aug 2025
Hi, sorry to be obtuse but is Snap Send Solve something we can use in the ACT? No need to reply if you don't live here ;) I've never heard of it. We're supposed to use the ACT Gov Fix My Street website. But that is such a hassle I just emailed the invasive species ppl.
Mike
wrote:
25 Aug 2025
Are you sure it is not Asparagus officinalis? Does the fruit have a single seed (virgatus) or three (officinalis)?
Location information
- Coordinates 149.084361-35.365189
- Altitude 658.0m
- Places Pearce, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 22 Aug 2025 03:40 PM Recorded on
- Juliea Recorded by
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Collections
Juliea NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Asparagus virgatus Climbers 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 658m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Protasparagus virgatus
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