Wild Asparagus Flowers

Specific types apollo asparagus.

Wild asparagus flowers. So asparagus has been established locally for a long time. Also checkout my foraging page for more information and resources. Your best bet is looking in ditches or at the edge of farmland.

This is the book i used to help me identify wild asparagus edible wild plants. Near those new young stalks can be found. My grandma who grew up in the area remembers picking wild asparagus from the same spots it was a railroad track back then back in the 1930s.

Country people here in tuscany call the areas where the plant grows wild asparagiaia. Growing asparagus asparagus companion plants itself with hemlock wild mustard curly dock and tall grass. Because of this it is not normally necessary to wear gloves when you re picking wild asparagus plants.

There are male and female plants and the female plants will eventually sport pretty red berries all over the ferny foliage. As a flourishing plant asparagus is tall up to 6 feet tall and ferny like fennel or dill. This wild edible is hardy.

The specific epithet acutifolius meaning thorny leaves is derived from latin acutus pointed acute and folius leaved and refers to the characteristic shape of the leaves a quite common feature in the typical plants of the mediterranean. Asparagus is an herbaceous perennial meaning the growth above ground dies back every year. The asparagus shoots grows independently from the plant.

It needs plenty of sun and water so look in areas that are typically damp. It was once classified in the lily family like the related allium species onions and garlic however genetic research places lilies allium and asparagus in three separate families. The wild asparagus plant produced without any assistance or manipulation nature s gift is a fine bush of green angel s hair ghostly fine and fuzzy looking.