Asparagus densiflorus, the asparagus fern, plume asparagus or foxtail fern, is a variable evergreen perennial plant, closely related to the vegetable asparagus.
It is native to southern Africa, from Mozambique to South Africa, but is widely cultivated.
It is part of a group of similar and related African Asparagus species, including Asparagus aethiopicus ('Sprenger's asparagus'), Asparagus confertus and Asparagus krebsianus.A. densiflorus has been confused with A. aethiopicus, now regarded as a separate ...