asparagus suaveolens

Asparagus suaveolens ('Bushveld Asparagus' or 'Mvane'), is a shrub of the Asparagus genus, that is indigenous to Africa, from Kenya to South Africa.

This species is part of a group of closely related southern African Asparagus species, that are all small, erect shrubs with grouped spines (modified branch-tips) and compound tufts of leaves. Other species in this group include the widespread Asparagus burchellii and Asparagus capensis, the coastal Asparagus mariae of Agulhas, Asparagus flavicaulis ...