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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Asparagus setaceus (Kunth) Jessop
Common asparagus-fern

Asparagus setaceus
Copyright by: Shirley Denton

Family: Asparagaceae

Group: Monocot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: South Africa; widely cultivated and naturalized elsewhere.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Comments: For more images, click on the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants link below. See also a 2022 post on the Treasure Coast Natives blog about the history of Common asparagus-fern in Jupiter, Florida.

FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Present

FLORIDA KEYS Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys

Florida Keys History and Distribution: Not reported for the Florida Keys by John Kunkel Small in 1913. First collected in 1952 on No Name Key by J.D. Dickson III (s.n., FTG). This is sparingly naturalized in the Florida Keys.

Other data on Asparagus setaceus available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants

Asparagus setaceus has been reported from the following conservation area in the FLORIDA KEYS :
Occurrence Native Status
National Key Deer Refuge Possibly Extirpated Not Native, Naturalized




Asparagus setaceus has been reported for the following 2 habitats in THE FLORIDA KEYS :
Disturbed Upland
Rockland Hammock


All Images:

Asparagus setaceus
Copyright by: Shirley Denton