Asparagus verticillatus L.

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PLANTS OF THE CAUCASUS
GEORGIA
Asparagaceae
Asparagus verticillatus L.
det. M. Mukbaniani, 20-May-2005
Georgia. Kartli, Tbilisi. Right bank of Mtkvari River. Gorge of Vere. ca 41°
43' 3"N: ca 44° 45' 58"E. Elevation: ca 515 m Degraded Quercus places.
Paliurus spina-christi, Quercus iberica, Carpinus orientalis, Xanthium
spinosum, Artemisia splendens.
Robust climbing or scrambling herb. Stems sinuous, branched, sulcate.
Cladodes 5-20 per fascicle, linear- friquetrous. Flowers 1-4 per cladode
fascicle. Berry black.
Melania Mukbaniani, Darejan Mtskhvetadze 40
03 July 2004
The New York Botanical Garden (NY)
in collaboration with
N. Ketskhoveli Institute of Botany (TBI)
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