Details for: PI 299486, Asparagus sp., 568


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Asparagus sp.
Top Name:
568
Origin:
Collected – Free State, South Africa
Received by NPGS:
31 Aug 1964
PI Assigned:
1964
Improvement Status:
Wild material
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Asparagus sp.
Top Name:
568
Origin:
Collected – Free State, South Africa
Received by NPGS:
31 Aug 1964
PI Assigned:
1964
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Source History
Collected
April 1964.
Free State, South Africa
Locality: One mile east of Petrusburg.
Elevation: 1219m.
Environment description: Level, open pasture. Annual rainfall 16 inches.

Collector(s):
Donated
31 August 1964.
Maryland, United States

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Accession Names and Identifiers
568
Type: Collector identifier

AJO-0464
Type: Exploration identifier
Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS
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Narrative
Plants in large clumps to 6 feet high, semiviny, with thorns; fruits 0.12 inch diameter, bright red when mature.
Asparagus spp.
Genus:
Asparagus
Family:
Asparagaceae
Subfamily:
Asparagoideae
Nomen number:

300052
Comment:
catch-all record for unidentified or unnamed plants of Asparagus
Verified:
05/10/2000 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
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