Index / Search / Asparagus officinalis
§1 Plant
Asparagus officinalis L.
vernacular garden asparagus — species · Liliaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Liliaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Asparagus
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 1,131 counties across 48 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 1,131 counties across 48 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 10 I ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 5 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 29 I ▾
- Ashley 05003
- Benton 05007
- Boone 05009
- Bradley 05011
- Carroll 05015
- Clark 05019
- Clay 05021
- Cleburne 05023
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Crittenden 05035
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Hempstead 05057
- Izard 05065
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Lawrence 05075
- Lee 05077
- Logan 05083
- Marion 05089
- Mississippi 05093
- Newton 05101
- Pulaski 05119
- Randolph 05121
- St. Francis 05123
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- White 05145
California view state ↗ 21 I ▾
- Butte 06007
- Contra Costa 06013
- Glenn 06021
- Inyo 06027
- Kern 06029
- Los Angeles 06037
- Merced 06047
- Monterey 06053
- Orange 06059
- Plumas 06063
- Sacramento 06067
- San Diego 06073
- San Luis Obispo 06079
- Santa Barbara 06083
- Santa Clara 06085
- Shasta 06089
- Siskiyou 06093
- Solano 06095
- Sonoma 06097
- Ventura 06111
- Yolo 06113
Colorado view state ↗ 17 I ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 I ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Florida view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 11 I ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 15 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 85 I ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Boone 17007
- Bureau 17011
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Clark 17023
- Clinton 17027
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- DeKalb 17037
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Edwards 17047
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Ford 17053
- Franklin 17055
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hamilton 17065
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Henderson 17071
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Jefferson 17081
- Jersey 17083
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Lee 17103
- Macon 17115
- Madison 17119
- Marion 17121
- Marshall 17123
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Mercer 17131
- Monroe 17133
- Morgan 17137
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- Scott 17171
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Stephenson 17177
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Washington 17189
- Wayne 17191
- White 17193
- Whiteside 17195
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 38 I ▾
- Carroll 18015
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Clay 18021
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Dearborn 18029
- Floyd 18043
- Fountain 18045
- Howard 18067
- Jasper 18073
- Jefferson 18077
- Jennings 18079
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lagrange 18087
- Lake 18089
- Lawrence 18093
- Marion 18097
- Miami 18103
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Newton 18111
- Noble 18113
- Parke 18121
- Pike 18125
- Porter 18127
- Putnam 18133
- Ripley 18137
- Starke 18149
- Steuben 18151
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Tipton 18159
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Washington 18175
- Wayne 18177
- Wells 18179
- White 18181
Iowa view state ↗ 18 I ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 78 I ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Atchison 20005
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Brown 20013
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Clark 20025
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Comanche 20033
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Decatur 20039
- Dickinson 20041
- Doniphan 20043
- Douglas 20045
- Edwards 20047
- Elk 20049
- Ellsworth 20053
- Ford 20057
- Franklin 20059
- Gray 20069
- Greenwood 20073
- Hamilton 20075
- Harvey 20079
- Hodgeman 20083
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Jewell 20089
- Johnson 20091
- Kingman 20095
- Kiowa 20097
- Labette 20099
- Leavenworth 20103
- Linn 20107
- Lyon 20111
- Marion 20115
- Marshall 20117
- McPherson 20113
- Meade 20119
- Miami 20121
- Montgomery 20125
- Morris 20127
- Morton 20129
- Nemaha 20131
- Neosho 20133
- Norton 20137
- Osage 20139
- Osborne 20141
- Ottawa 20143
- Pawnee 20145
- Phillips 20147
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Rawlins 20153
- Reno 20155
- Republic 20157
- Rice 20159
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Rush 20165
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Scott 20171
- Sedgwick 20173
- Shawnee 20177
- Smith 20183
- Stafford 20185
- Sumner 20191
- Trego 20195
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Washington 20201
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 54 I ▾
- Ballard 21007
- Barren 21009
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Bourbon 21017
- Boyle 21021
- Breckinridge 21027
- Bullitt 21029
- Calloway 21035
- Carlisle 21039
- Carroll 21041
- Carter 21043
- Casey 21045
- Christian 21047
- Clark 21049
- Clinton 21053
- Crittenden 21055
- Daviess 21059
- Edmonson 21061
- Fayette 21067
- Floyd 21071
- Gallatin 21077
- Graves 21083
- Hardin 21093
- Henderson 21101
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Hopkins 21107
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Kenton 21117
- Larue 21123
- Lee 21129
- Logan 21141
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- Magoffin 21153
- Marion 21155
- McCracken 21145
- McLean 21149
- Mercer 21167
- Montgomery 21173
- Nelson 21179
- Ohio 21183
- Oldham 21185
- Pendleton 21191
- Pike 21195
- Rowan 21205
- Todd 21219
- Trigg 21221
- Trimble 21223
- Warren 21227
- Washington 21229
- Woodford 21239
Louisiana view state ↗ 24 I ▾
- Assumption 22007
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Charles 22089
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
Maine view state ↗ 12 I ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 45 I ▾
- Allegan 26005
- Arenac 26011
- Baraga 26013
- Barry 26015
- Bay 26017
- Benzie 26019
- Berrien 26021
- Branch 26023
- Calhoun 26025
- Cass 26027
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Eaton 26045
- Emmet 26047
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Gratiot 26057
- Houghton 26061
- Ingham 26065
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Leelanau 26089
- Lenawee 26091
- Livingston 26093
- Macomb 26099
- Manistee 26101
- Marquette 26103
- Mason 26105
- Menominee 26109
- Midland 26111
- Monroe 26115
- Muskegon 26121
- Oakland 26125
- Oceana 26127
- Ogemaw 26129
- Roscommon 26143
- Schoolcraft 26153
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Tuscola 26157
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 56 I ▾
- Anoka 27003
- Becker 27005
- Benton 27009
- Big Stone 27011
- Blue Earth 27013
- Cass 27021
- Chippewa 27023
- Chisago 27025
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Crow Wing 27035
- Dakota 27037
- Douglas 27041
- Faribault 27043
- Fillmore 27045
- Goodhue 27049
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Hubbard 27057
- Isanti 27059
- Itasca 27061
- Jackson 27063
- Kandiyohi 27067
- Kittson 27069
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Le Sueur 27079
- Lincoln 27081
- Lyon 27083
- Mahnomen 27087
- Martin 27091
- Morrison 27097
- Mower 27099
- Nobles 27105
- Norman 27107
- Olmsted 27109
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pine 27115
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Ramsey 27123
- Red Lake 27125
- Redwood 27127
- Renville 27129
- Rice 27131
- Scott 27139
- Sherburne 27141
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Steele 27147
- Swift 27151
- Wabasha 27157
- Washington 27163
- Wilkin 27167
- Winona 27169
- Wright 27171
Mississippi view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 38 I ▾
- Atchison 29005
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Boone 29019
- Caldwell 29025
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carroll 29033
- Christian 29043
- Clay 29047
- Clinton 29049
- Crawford 29055
- Dallas 29059
- Greene 29077
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Madison 29123
- Marion 29127
- Mississippi 29133
- Monroe 29137
- Montgomery 29139
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Randolph 29175
- Ray 29177
- Saline 29195
- Schuyler 29197
- Scott 29201
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stoddard 29207
Montana view state ↗ 12 I ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 19 I ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 12 I ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 7 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 17 I ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 9 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 33 I ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Chemung 36015
- Columbia 36021
- Delaware 36025
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Lewis 36049
- Livingston 36051
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Montgomery 36057
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Orange 36071
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Schenectady 36093
- Schuyler 36097
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Tioga 36107
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Westchester 36119
- Yates 36123
North Carolina view state ↗ 44 I ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Brunswick 37019
- Burke 37023
- Cabarrus 37025
- Camden 37029
- Carteret 37031
- Caswell 37033
- Catawba 37035
- Chatham 37037
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Edgecombe 37065
- Forsyth 37067
- Gates 37073
- Greene 37079
- Guilford 37081
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Hoke 37093
- Hyde 37095
- Lee 37105
- Martin 37117
- Mitchell 37121
- New Hanover 37129
- Orange 37135
- Pamlico 37137
- Pasquotank 37139
- Perquimans 37143
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rowan 37159
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Stanly 37167
- Tyrrell 37177
- Vance 37181
- Wilson 37195
North Dakota view state ↗ 27 I ▾
- Barnes 38003
- Benson 38005
- Billings 38007
- Bottineau 38009
- Burke 38013
- Burleigh 38015
- Cass 38017
- Dickey 38021
- Divide 38023
- Dunn 38025
- Emmons 38029
- Golden Valley 38033
- Grand Forks 38035
- Kidder 38043
- LaMoure 38045
- Logan 38047
- McIntosh 38051
- Mercer 38057
- Mountrail 38061
- Oliver 38065
- Pembina 38067
- Ransom 38073
- Richland 38077
- Sargent 38081
- Steele 38091
- Stutsman 38093
- Williams 38105
Ohio view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 11 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 54 I ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Huntingdon 42061
- Jefferson 42065
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Potter 42105
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Sullivan 42113
- Tioga 42117
- Union 42119
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Westmoreland 42129
- Wyoming 42131
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 4 I ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 21 I ▾
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Anderson 45007
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Charleston 45019
- Chester 45023
- Dillon 45033
- Edgefield 45037
- Fairfield 45039
- Florence 45041
- Greenville 45045
- Jasper 45053
- Lexington 45063
- McCormick 45065
- Newberry 45071
- Orangeburg 45075
- Pickens 45077
- Richland 45079
- Spartanburg 45083
- Union 45087
South Dakota view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 19 I ▾
Texas view state ↗ 15 I ▾
Utah view state ↗ 19 I ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 10 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 89 I ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Carroll 51035
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dickenson 51051
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Highland 51091
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Richmond 51159
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Tazewell 51185
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Westmoreland 51193
- Wythe 51197
- York 51199
Washington view state ↗ 14 I ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 23 I ▾
- Berkeley 54003
- Brooke 54009
- Calhoun 54013
- Doddridge 54017
- Fayette 54019
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hampshire 54027
- Hardy 54031
- Jefferson 54037
- Marion 54049
- Mineral 54057
- Monongalia 54061
- Pocahontas 54075
- Raleigh 54081
- Randolph 54083
- Ritchie 54085
- Roane 54087
- Summers 54089
- Taylor 54091
- Upshur 54097
- Webster 54101
- Wirt 54105
- Wyoming 54109
Wisconsin view state ↗ 55 I ▾
- Adams 55001
- Ashland 55003
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Burnett 55013
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Door 55029
- Douglas 55031
- Dunn 55033
- Eau Claire 55035
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Forest 55041
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Green Lake 55047
- Iowa 55049
- Jackson 55053
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- Kewaunee 55061
- La Crosse 55063
- Lafayette 55065
- Lincoln 55069
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marathon 55073
- Marinette 55075
- Marquette 55077
- Menominee 55078
- Milwaukee 55079
- Monroe 55081
- Oconto 55083
- Outagamie 55087
- Ozaukee 55089
- Pepin 55091
- Pierce 55093
- Portage 55097
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Sauk 55111
- Shawano 55115
- Sheboygan 55117
- St. Croix 55109
- Taylor 55119
- Trempealeau 55121
- Walworth 55127
- Washburn 55129
- Washington 55131
- Waukesha 55133
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
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Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2768885 ↗Record version
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