Asparagus verticillatus

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Read about Asparagus verticillatus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Asparagus verticillatus, Linn. A semi- woody climbing vine from a woody rootstock: roots long-cylindric, fleshy: sts stout (½ in.), 10-15 ft. long, edible when young: branches green, angled, flexuose: cladodes 3-8, ¾-2 in. long, angled, filiform, not stiff: lf.-scales of main st. developed below into spines: fls. funnel- shaped in 1-4's in axils of If.-scales: berries red, ¼ in. diam., 1-3-seeded. Persia to Siberia. R.B. 20:154. G.W. 14:648. G.Z. 24:505.— A hardy ornamental climber; grows readily from seed, which germinates in about 3 weeks in a warmhouse; plants slow-growing at first.


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