Asparagus albus

Asparagus albus
	Stems are white
	Flowers are white
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Asparagaceae
Subfamily:	Asparagoideae
Genus:	Asparagus
Species:	A. albus
Binomial name
	Asparagus albus; L.
Synonyms
	Asparagopsis alba(L.) Kunth; Asparagus pallidusSalisb.;

Last updated September 29, 2025

Asparagus albus is a widespread species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to the western and central Mediterranean.^[2] It is found in the coastal maquis shrubland biome, and in ruderal situations.^[1]

Taxonomy

Asparagus albus was formally described in 1753 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the first volume of his Species Plantarum under its current binomial name.^[3]^[4] The specific epithet, albus, is Latin meaning "white".^[5]

References

1 2 Véla, E. (2018). "Espárrago Asparagus albus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T176528A21326698. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T176528A21326698.en . Retrieved 25 April 2023.
1 2 "Asparagus albus L." Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 25 April 2023.
↑ Linnaeus, Carl (1753). Species plantarum: exhibentes plantas rite cognitas ad genera relatas, cum diferentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas (in Latin). Vol. 1. Holmiae [Stockholm]: Impensis Laurentii Salvii. p. 314.
↑ "Asparagus albus L." International Plant Names Index (IPNI) . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries and Australian National Herbarium. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
↑ Simpson, Donald Penistan, ed. (1977). "albus" . Cassell's Latin Dictionary: Latin-English, English-Latin (5th ed.). New York: Macmillan. p. 33. ISBN 0-02-522570-7.

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[e.T176528A21326698-1] 1 2 Véla, E. (2018). "Espárrago Asparagus albus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T176528A21326698. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T176528A21326698.en . Retrieved 25 April 2023.

[POWO_531000-1-2] 1 2 "Asparagus albus L." Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 25 April 2023.

[3] Linnaeus, Carl (1753). Species plantarum: exhibentes plantas rite cognitas ad genera relatas, cum diferentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas (in Latin). Vol. 1. Holmiae [Stockholm]: Impensis Laurentii Salvii. p. 314.

[4] "Asparagus albus L." International Plant Names Index (IPNI) . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries and Australian National Herbarium. Retrieved 15 May 2024.

[5] Simpson, Donald Penistan, ed. (1977). "albus" . Cassell's Latin Dictionary: Latin-English, English-Latin (5th ed.). New York: Macmillan. p. 33. ISBN 0-02-522570-7.

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