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Asparagus cochinchinensis (Lour.) Merr.   (redirected from: Asparagus cochinchinensis f. pygmaeus (Makino) Yamashita & M.N.Tamura)
Family: Liliaceae
[Asparagopsis sinica Miq., moreAsparagus cochinchinensis f. pygmaeus (Makino) Yamashita & M.N.Tamura, Asparagus cochinchinensis var. dolichoclados F.T.Wang & Tang, Asparagus cochinchinensis var. longifolius F.T.Wang & T.Tang, Asparagus dauricus var. elongatus Pamp., Asparagus gaudichaudianus Kunth, Asparagus insularis Hance, Asparagus lucidus Lindl., Asparagus lucidus var. pygmaeus Makino, Asparagus pygmaeus Makino, Asparagus sinicus (Miq.) C.H.Wright, Melanthium cochinchinense Lour.]
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Japan Flora: Rhizomes short, the adventitious roots fusiform; stems subscandent, 1-2 m. long, the branches slender, acutely angled, nearly smooth; cladodes 1-2 in a fascicle, lin­ear, flattened, 3-angled, acuminate with a short awn at apex, 1-2 cm. long, 1-1.2 mm. wide, somewhat falcate, lustrous; flowers 1-3, pale yellow-green, campanulate-infundibuliform, about 3 mm. long, the pedicels 2-5 mm. long, jointed near the middle; anthers ovate-elliptic, obtuse, shorter than the fila­ments; fruit whitish. May. Near seashores.

Hokkaido (naturalized), Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu. Ryukyus, For­mosa, China, and Korea.

var. pygmaeus (Makino) Ohwi. Stems erect, 15-20 cm. long. Cultivated in our gar­dens.

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