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Key to Asparagus

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1 Cladophylls ("leaves") lanceolate to ovate, > 8 mm wide, the margins curving
1 Cladophylls ("leaves") linear, < 2 mm wide, the margins parallel.
  2 Cladophylls (“leaves”) flattened, 1-2 mm wide
  2 Cladophylls (“leaves”) filiform, < 0.7 mm wide.
    3 Flowers in 1-3-flowered axillary racemes; berries 6-10 mm long, red; erect herb (sometimes arching in age)
    3 Flowers in 1-4-flowered terminal umbels; berries 4-5 mm long, purplish-black; scrambling vine