| asparagus | USDA PLANTS Symbol: ASOF U.S. Nativity: Exotic Habit: Forbs/Herbs Crops |
| Asparagus officinalis L. |
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Taxonomic Rank: Liliopsida: Asparagales: Asparagaceae |
| Synonym(s): garden asparagus |
| Native Range: Europe, Asia, North Africa (BAIL); |
| Selected Images from Invasive.org | View All Images at Invasive.org |
 Plant(s); Asparagus fern. May 1995 Gerald Holmes, Strawberry Center, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Seedling(s); Ohio State Weed Lab , The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Plant(s); Younger emerging asparagus spears. February 1997 Gerald Holmes, Strawberry Center, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Plant(s); Crooked spears can result from insect feeding, mechanical injury or any other factor that will cause one side of the spear to grow faster than the other. January 1997 Gerald Holmes, Strawberry Center, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Plant(s); Ohio State Weed Lab , The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Flower(s); Rebekah D. Wallace, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Fruit(s); Ohio State Weed Lab , The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Fruit(s); Ohio State Weed Lab , The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Seed(s); Seeds positioned on top of hilum. Note irregular seed shape, but otherwise relatively smooth surface on this side of the seed. D. Walters and C. Southwick, USDA, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
| EDDMapS Distribution: This map is incomplete and is based only on current site and county level reports made by experts and records obtained from USDA Plants Database. For more information, visit www.eddmaps.org |
 State List This map identifies those states that list this species on their invasive species list or law. 
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| U.S. National Parks where reported invasive: |
| Chiricahua National Monument (Arizona) |
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