Asparagus squarrosus

Asparagus squarrosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Asparagaceae
Subfamily:	Asparagoideae
Genus:	Asparagus
Species:	A. squarrosus
Binomial name
Asparagus squarrosus J.A. Schmidt, 1853

Asparagus squarrosus is a species of flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family. The species is endemic to Cape Verde. IThe species was named by Johann Anton Schmidt in 1853.

In Portuguese as other asparaguses, its local name is espargo or aspargo. The plant are used as a traditional medicine. In English, it is sometimes known as the Cape Verde asparagus.

Asparagus squarrosus are founded in nearly all of the Cape Verdean islands except for Brava.

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