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|accepted_name=Asparagus setaceus
|accepted_authority=(Kunth) Jessop
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bothalia
|place=9: 51. 1966
|year=1966
}}
|common_names=Climbing asparagus-fern;lace-fern
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Asparagopsis setacea
|authority=Kunth
|rank=species
|publication_title=Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin
|publication_place=1842: 82. 1842
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Asparagus plumosus
|authority=Baker
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Liliaceae;Asparagus;Asparagus setaceus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Liliaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Asparagus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Asparagus setaceus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 213
|treatment_page=page 214
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Vines,</b> woody, scrambling or climbing to 5 m; roots fibrous. <b>Stems</b> to 4 m, wiry, smooth, branches planate; cladophylls in fascicles of (5–)8–20 per node, filiform, 4–10 × 0.5 mm, ± rigid, with single vein. <b>Leaves</b> membranous, 1–2 mm; blade forming short spine with reflexed apex, base hardened. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminally umbellate, 1–4-flowered. <b>Flowers</b> bisexual, nodding; perianth spreading, campanulate; tepals white, 3–4 × 1–1.5 mm; pedicel 1–3 mm, jointed at or just above base. <b>Berries</b> purplish black, 4–5 mm. <b>Seeds</b> 1–3. <b>2n</b> = 20.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–summer.
|habitat=Waste places, abandoned gardens
|elevation=0–100 m
|distribution=Calif.;Fla.;s;e Africa.
|introduced=true
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|references=
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name=Asparagus setaceus
|authority=(Kunth) Jessop
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Asparagus plumosus
|basionyms=Asparagopsis setacea
|family=Liliaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–summer.
|habitat=Waste places, abandoned gardens
|elevation=0–100 m
|distribution=Calif.;Fla.;s;e Africa.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Bothalia
|publication year=1966
|special status=Introduced
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|genus=Asparagus
|species=Asparagus setaceus
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