| Scientific Name: | Asparagus officinalis |
| Common Name: | asparagus |
| Family Name: | Asparagaceae |
| Origin: | Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 1.0 - 1.5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Medicinal plant, Urban agriculture |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Dissected, Alternate, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Bipinnate, Acicular, Entire |
| Flowers: | Flowers clustered, White, Green, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Berry (true), Red, Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| "Leaves" are flexible needle-like cladodes (modified stems), 2-3cm long x <0.5mm wide, in the axils of tan coloured scale leaves; flowers greenish-white to yellowish, bell shaped, arising at nodes in spring, about 5mm long; berries on female plants in late summer. | |