Asparagus albus L.

Spice Flowers Fruit In the field

Family: LILIACEAE

Genus: Asparagus

Catalan common name: Esparreguera de gat.

Province distribution: Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castelló.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): West Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Chameophyte. Phanerophyte.

Habitats: Wild olive trees and other sclerophyllous shrublands. Juniperus phoenicea subsp. turbinata forest. Garriques.

Characteristics: This asparagus plant is a dense bush, "spiny looking" and can easily be told apart from the other asparagus by its whitish stem. The cladodes are clear green, not spiny looking, and with very spiny spur.