Species

Asparagus

Flowering Plants

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General Reference

Nature Atlas. "Asparagus." Accessed September 8, 2026. https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/species/asparagus.

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Nature Atlas. (n.d.). Asparagus. Retrieved September 8, 2026, from https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/species/asparagus

BibTeX

@misc{natureatlas-asparagus,
  author = {Nature Atlas},
  title = {Asparagus},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/species/asparagus},
  note = {Accessed September 8, 2026}
}

Asparagus, also called garden asparagus, is a perennial flowering plant species in the genus Asparagus, native to Eurasia. It is widely cultivated as a vegetable crop, with its young shoots eaten as a spring vegetable. In 2024, world production of asparagus reached 8.9 million tonnes, with China producing 87 percent of the total.

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