Asparagus officinalis is a flowering plant species in the genus Asparagus from which the popular vegetable known as asparagus is obtained. It is native to most of Europe, northern Africa and western Asia.Flora Europaea: [LINK: http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/cgi-bin/nph-readbtree.pl/feout?FAMILY_XREF=&GENUS_XREF=Asparagus&SPECIES_XREF=officinalis&TAXON_NAME_XREF=&RANK=] Asparagus officinalisEuro+Med Plantbase Project: [LINK: http://ww2.bgbm.org/_EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=38660&PTRefFk=500000] Asparagus officinalisGermplasm Resources Information Network: [LINK: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?300050] Asparagus officinalis It is now also widely cultivated as a vegetable crop.Grubben, G.J.H. & Denton, O.A. (2004) Plant Resources

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