IUCN Red List Status: Data Deficient (DD)

Asparagus filicinus Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 49 1825. (Syn: Asparagus filicinus var. brevifolius Baker; Asparagus filicinus var. brevipes Baker; Asparagus filicinus var. giraldii C.H.Wright; Asparagus filicinus var. megaphyllus F.T.Wang & Tang; Asparagus filicinus var. microclada Hook.f.; Asparagus qinghaiensis Y.Wan; Protasparagus filicinus (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Kamble; Protasparagus filicinus var. brevifolius (Baker) Kamble; Protasparagus filicinus var. brevipes (Baker) Kamble; Protasparagus filicinus var. microclada (Hook.f.) Kamble);

Images by Alok Mahendroo - validation by Pankaj Kumar & Gurucharan Singh, (inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade)

  

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Asparagus confirmation.. Kalatope id al220511b: This one is an Asparagus.. (could it be A. filicinus) and is used medicinally by the locals

location Kalatope, Chamba
Altitude 2100 mts
Habit herb
Habitat wild??
Plant height 1 - 1.5 mt
Flower width 2-3mm

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Yes Asparagus filicinus, curved flat cladodes and flowers solitary or small clusters.

 

 

 

References:

http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-275055