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| A bundle of cultivated asparagus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Asparagoideae |
| Genus: | Asparagus |
| Species: | A. officinalis
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| Asparagus officinalis L. 1753
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Asparagus is cultivated for its edible shoots, which turn fibrous when too tall but are tender when young and short, with a unique flavor.
References
Acknowledgements
This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Asparagus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.