Asparagus officinalis

Asparagus officinalis is a perennial from the genus Asparagus of the Asparagaceae family. It is commonly grown as a vegetable, eaten in spring. When people talk about Asparagus as a vegetable, they usually mean this plant. It was once classified in the lily family, like its Allium cousins, onions and garlic, but the Liliaceae have been split and the onion-like plants are now in the family Amaryllidaceae and asparagus in the Asparagaceae. Asparagus officinalis is native to most of Europe, northern Africa and western Asia,^[1]^[2]^[3] A. officinalis is widely cultivated as a vegetable crop.

References

↑ "Asparagus officinalis". Flora Europaea. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Retrieved 2010-05-19.
↑ "Asparagus officinalis". Euro+Med Plantbase Project. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem. Archived from the original on 2011-08-11. Retrieved 2010-05-19.
↑ USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. "Asparagus officinalis". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Beltsville, Maryland: National Germplasm Resources Laboratory. Retrieved 2010-05-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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[fe-1] "Asparagus officinalis". Flora Europaea. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Retrieved 2010-05-19.

[empp-2] "Asparagus officinalis". Euro+Med Plantbase Project. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem. Archived from the original on 2011-08-11. Retrieved 2010-05-19.

[grin-3] USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. "Asparagus officinalis". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Beltsville, Maryland: National Germplasm Resources Laboratory. Retrieved 2010-05-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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