Ground asparagus control option
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Ground asparagus

Asparagus aethiopicus

Weed profile

  • Perennial
  • Climber
  • Herb
  • Weeds of National Significance (WoNS)
  • Habitat: native vegetation, gardens

Impact

Invades native vegetation, competes with native plants.

Description

  • Spreading perennial growing from rhizomes.
  • Wiry stems with narrow oblong leaf-like cladodes.
  • Small white flowers, producing orange-red berries.

Control options

Legal requirements in each region

To find out which landscape region you're in visit the NatureMaps website.

Alinytjara Wiluṟara

Eyre Peninsula

Green Adelaide

Hills and Fleurieu

Kangaroo Island

Limestone Coast

Murraylands and Riverland

Northern and Yorke

South Australian Arid Lands

Page Last Reviewed: 06 Sep 2021
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