Scientific Name: Asparagus aethiopicus

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  • Pronunciation:
    ass-PARRA-gus eth-ee-OP-ee-cus
  • Common Name:
    Basket Asparagus
  • Type:
    Vine , Scrambling climber from Africa
  • Family:
    LILIACEAE/ASPARAGACEAE
  • Status:
    WEED OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE This introduced plant has escaped into local bushland. Without natural predators to keep it in check, it is out-competing native species.
  • Flowers:
    White
  • Fruit:
    Red
  • Species List:
    Weyba Esp, Noosa's Worst Weeds, Emu Mt., SBHS, Heritage Park, NNP Parkedge/Alex, Sunshine Beach Primary, Girraween, Mill Point, Cranks Creek, weeds, NNP Viewland/Brunjes, Leslie Drive Roundabout, BHNR, NNS,
Identification Notes

**DECLARED CLASS 3 WEED SPECIES**

Landscaping Notes

CONTROL METHODS: REMOVAL: Dig out entire plant or cut around the underground crown of the plant with a sharp serrated knife and dab with herbicide.||Birds love the fruit so these MUST removed and destroyed.|||| **Replace with**: Adiantum hispidulum, Austromyrtus dulcis, Hibbertia scandens, Myoporum acuminatum