North America Non-native Plant

Asparagus

Botanical name: Asparagus

USDA symbol: ASPAR

Life cycle: perennial

Habit: vine

Native status: Non-native, reproduces and persists in the wild in Canada ⚘ Non-native, reproduces and persists in the wild in Hawaii ⚘ Non-native, reproduces and persists in the wild in the lower 48 states ⚘ Non-native, reproduces and persists in the wild in Puerto Rico ⚘ Non-native, reproduces and persists in the wild in St. Pierre and Miquelon  

Asparagus

Classification

Group

Monocot

Kingdom

Plantae - Plants

Subkingdom

Tracheobionta - Vascular plants

Superdivision

Spermatophyta - Seed plants

Division

Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants

Subdivision
Class

Liliopsida - Monocotyledons

Subclass

Liliidae

Order

Liliales

Family

Liliaceae Juss. - Lily family

Genus

Asparagus L. - asparagus

Species

Plant data source: USDA, NRCS 2025. The PLANTS Database. https://plants.usda.gov,. 2/25/2025. National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC USA