Asparagus asparagoides

Scientific name

Asparagus asparagoides

Common name

Bridal Creeper or Florist’s Smilax

Family

Asparagaceae

Priority

High

Plant description

This South African plant is one of WA’s worst environmental weeds. Birds eat the fleshy red berries and spread the weed. It is very invasive, dies down in summer then shoots rapidly and smothers other vegetation. A Weed of National Significance (WONS).

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