Asparagus officinalis

Linnaeus

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Common name (English)

Garden asparagus

Ηabitat

I1 Arable

X10 Mixed landscapes

Global distribution

Afghanistan 2 1; Afghanistan 196 0; Alabama 27 1; Alabama 1530 0; Albania 28 1; Albania 1867 0; Alberta 1 1; Alberta 1515 0; Algeria 30 1; Algeria 199 0; Altay 31 1; Altay 1570 0; Argentina Northeast 87 0; Argentina Northwest 175 0; Argentina South 1758 0; Arizona 38 1; Arizona 1513 0; Arkansas 39 1; Arkansas 1529 0; Austria 51 1; Austria 901 0; Baltic States 1512 0; Bangladesh 56 1; Bangladesh 234 0; Belarus 63 1; Belarus 1585 0; Belgium 59 1; Belgium 1507 0; Bolivia 69 1; Bolivia 172 0; British Columbia 76 1; British Columbia 1516 0; Bulgaria 78 1; Bulgaria 252 0; California 111 1; California 1527 0; Central European Rus 1583 0; Colorado 169 1; Colorado 1532 0; Connecticut 167 1; Connecticut 1525 0; Corse 174 1; Corse 1586 0; Costa Rica 175 1; Costa Rica 81 0; Cyprus 190 1; Cyprus 1994 0; Czechoslovakia 251 0; Delaware 193 1; Delaware 1523 0; Denmark 194 1; Denmark 1511 0; District of Columbia 580 1; District of Columbia 1524 0; East Himalaya 246 0; Ethiopia 209 1; Ethiopia 21 0; Finland 212 1; Finland 1933 0; Florida 213 1; Florida 129 0; France 216 1; France 353 0; Georgia 1562 0; Germany 223 1; Germany 354 0; Great Britain 232 1; Great Britain 4 0; Greece 233 1; Greece 355 0; Hungary 248 1; Hungary 265 0; Idaho 250 1; Idaho 1891 0; Illinois 251 1; Illinois 1531 0; Indiana 278 1; Indiana 1556 0; Iowa 279 1; Iowa 1548 0; Iran 283 1; Iran 1578 0; Ireland 280 1; Ireland 1770 0; Kansas 297 1; Kansas 1561 0; Kazakhstan 298 1; Kazakhstan 107 0; Kentucky 309 1; Kentucky 1546 0; Krasnoyarsk 306 1; Krasnoyarsk 1564 0; Krym 308 1; Krym 1584 0; Labrador 313 1; Labrador 1927 0; Louisiana 333 1; Louisiana 1545 0; Madagascar 345 1; Madagascar 23 0; Maine 338 1; Maine 1543 0; Manitoba 339 1; Manitoba 1517 0; Marianas 207 0; Maryland 365 1; Maryland 225 0; Masachusettes 1544 0; Mauritius 342 1; Mauritius 184 0; Mexico Central 170 0; Mexico Gulf 171 0; Mexico Northeast 151 0; Mexico Southeast 161 0; Mexico Southwest 157 0; Michigan 348 1; Michigan 1542 0; Minnesota 349 1; Minnesota 1533 0; Mississippi 366 1; Mississippi 298 0; Missouri 367 1; Missouri 1540 0; Mongolia 356 1; Mongolia 259 0; Montana 354 1; Montana 1539 0; Morocco 357 1; Morocco 198 0; Nebraska 419 1; Nebraska 1536 0; Netherlands 421 1; Netherlands 1508 0; Nevada 422 1; Nevada 1552 0; New Brunswick 407 1; New Brunswick 1518 0; New Hampshire 444 1; New Hampshire 1535 0; New Jersey 445 1; New Jersey 1722 0; New Mexico 446 1; New Mexico 1534 0; New South Wales 437 1; New South Wales 71 0; New York 448 1; New York 1554 0; New Zealand North 449 1; New Zealand North 1503 0; New Zealand South 450 1; New Zealand South 1504 0; Newfoundland 425 1; Newfoundland 1925 0; North Carolina 408 1; North Carolina 1538 0; North Caucasus 1590 0; North Dakota 418 1; North Dakota 1537 0; North European Russi 1580 0; Northwest European R 1571 0; Norway 433 1; Norway 1231 0; Nova Scotia 435 1; Nova Scotia 1519 0; Ohio 453 1; Ohio 1541 0; Oklahoma 454 1; Oklahoma 1560 0; Ontario 456 1; Ontario 1520 0; Oregon 457 1; Oregon 1559 0; Pakistan 458 1; Pakistan 110 0; Pennsylvania 464 1; Pennsylvania 1558 0; Poland 469 1; Poland 1509 0; Portugal 470 1; Portugal 1581 0; Prince Edward I. 463 1; Prince Edward I. 1521 0; Qubec 1522 0; Queensland 474 1; Queensland 72 0; Rhode I. 477 1; Rhode I. 1557 0; Runion 185 0; Sardegna 489 1; Sardegna 1745 0; Saskatchewan 490 1; Saskatchewan 1514 0; Seychelles 500 1; Seychelles 1643 0; Sicilia 503 1; Sicilia 1592 0; Solomon Is. 1593 0; South Australia 506 1; South Australia 1506 0; South Carolina 492 1; South Carolina 1555 0; South Dakota 497 1; South Dakota 1547 0; South European Russi 1572 0; Spain 513 1; Spain 257 0; Sweden 525 1; Sweden 12 0; Switzerland 526 1; Switzerland 1510 0; Tennessee 540 1; Tennessee 1553 0; Texas 541 1; Texas 153 0; Transcaucasus 241 0; Trinidad-Tobago 549 1; Trinidad-Tobago 173 0; Tunisia 553 1; Tunisia 200 0; Turkey 554 1; Turkey 356 0; Turkey-in-Europe 552 1; Turkey-in-Europe 1587 0; Ukraine 564 1; Ukraine 256 0; Uruguay 565 1; Uruguay 88 0; Utah 566 1; Utah 1551 0; Vermont 570 1; Vermont 1550 0; Victoria 571 1; Victoria 1492 0; Virginia 574 1; Virginia 1357 0; Washington 577 1; Washington 1549 0; West Himalaya 227 0; West Siberia 592 1; West Siberia 1929 0; West Virginia 593 1; West Virginia 1528 0; Western Australia 579 1; Western Australia 156 0; Wisconsin 590 1; Wisconsin 224 0; Wyoming 594 1; Wyoming 1526 0; Xinjiang 150 1; Xinjiang 1567 0

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Habitat detail

Based on Georgiades (1995).

Establishment status

Not Established

Establishment status detail

Alien: Casual. Grown as a vegetable in Cyprus and sometimes occurs as a self-sown garden escape or as a relic in neglected or abandoned gardens - the only cited record is for Division 7.

First detection year

1955

Pathway

2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Agriculture – Ag

Pathway detail

Based on Georgiades (1995).

References

Meikle RD (1985) Flora of Cyprus, Vol 2.

Georgiades C (1995) Η επιγενής χλωρίδα της Κύπρου. Ταξινομική, χλωριδικά, φυτογεωγραφική, οικοφυσιολογική μελέτη. [The adventive flora of Cyprus, taxonomic, floristic, phytogeographic, ecophysiological study]. Ph.D. Thesis, Athens University.

Tsintides T, Hadjikyriakou GN, Christodoulou CS (2002) Trees and shrubs in Cyprus. Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis—Cyprus Forest Association, Nicosia, Cyprus.

Hand R (2015) Supplementary notes to the flora of Cyprus VIII. Willdenowia 45(2): 245-259. https://doi.org/10.3372/wi.45.45210