Stats

Lifespan

Perennial

Size

Small

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Coastal scrub

Range

Southern Africa

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Defense

Spines

Status

Uncommon

About

This bushy plant grows in the rocky soils of the South African provinces. It stores water in tuberous roots that can grow up to five centimeters in diameter.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   seed

   A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2. 2.
   sprout

   A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3. 3.
   sapling

   A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4. 4.
   mature

   Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Asparagaceae

Genus

Asparagus

Species

Asparagus aethiopicus