Names
No scientific synonyms are recorded for this name.
English: Asparagus, Common Asparagus, Garden Asparagus, Sparrow Grass, wild asparagus.
In other languages
- Afrikaans: Aspersie
- Belarusian: Спаржа лекавая
- Bengali: শতমূলি
- Catalan: espareguera d'hort, Espàrrec
- Chinese: shi diao bai, 蘆筍
- Czech: chřest lékařský, chřest lékařský pravý
- Danish: Almindelig asparges, Almindelig Pengeurt, Asparges, Hjertebladet Pengeurt, Volga-Vejsennep
- Dutch: Asperge, Asperge en liggende asperge
- Estonian: harilik aspar
- Finnish: (ruoka)parsa, Kevättaskuruoho, parsa, Peltotaskuruoho, Rikkataskuruoho, ruokaparsa, Volganpernaruoho
- French: asperge, Asperge cultivée, Asperge officinale, Asperge officinale, Asperge cultivée, Asperge officinale, Asperge, Asparagus
- German: Garten-Spargel, Gemuese Spargel, Gemuese-Spargel, Gemüse-Spargel, Gemüsespargel, Spargel
- Greek: Σπαράγγι, Σπαράγγια
- Hungarian: Közönséges spárga
- Italian: asparagio, Asparago comune
- Japanese: oranda-kiji-kakushi, アスパラガス, オランダキジカクシ
- Lithuanian: Vaistinis Smidras
- Norwegian (Bokmål): asparges
- Norwegian (Nynorsk): asparges
- Polish: Szparag lekarski
- Portuguese: Aspargo, espargo, melindre, milindro
- Russian: Спаржа лекарственная
- Serbian: Шпаргла
- Slovak: asparágus lekársky
- Spanish: Espárrago, espárrago de huerta, Esparraguera
- Swedish: (ruoka)parsa, Asparagus, Penningört, sparris, sparris, asparagus, Storskärvfrö, Vanlig sparris, Vårskärvfrö, Volgasenap
- Thai: หน่อไม้ฝรั่ง
- Turkish: kuşkonmaz
- Ukrainian: Спаржа, Холодок лікарський
- Welsh: Merllys yr Ardd
- arg: Esparguera
- isl: Peningakál
- lat: Asparagus
- mlt: Spraġġ
- mri: pikopiko Pākehā
- nor: asparges, Pengeurt, Vårpengeurt, Volgasennep
Names with no language recorded: asparagus, asperge, espargo, espárrago, esparraguera, garden asparagus, garden-asparagus, oranda-kiji-kakushi, shi diao bai, Spargel, Аспарагус садовий, 아스파라거스.
Where it is recorded
Taxonomy record sources: GBIF (CC BY 4.0), USDA_PLANTS_CATALOG (Public Domain). Loaded from the botanica open cultivated-plant knowledge base and the GBIF backbone; each row keeps its origin.
Growth stages
- Initial: about 50 days (FAO 56 Table 11: planted Feb, Warm Winter)
- Crop development: about 30 days (FAO 56 Table 11: planted Feb, Warm Winter)
- Mid-season: about 100 days (FAO 56 Table 11: planted Feb, Warm Winter)
- Late season: about 50 days (FAO 56 Table 11: planted Feb, Warm Winter)
What the sources say it wants
Each line shows the band, then the kind of source and the citation. "Published" means the number is printed on the cited page; "derived" means it was computed from published numbers with the formula recorded on the row; "external API" rows are refreshed nightly from a live source; "curated" rows are OAT's own working values from June 2026.
Initial
| Zone | Measure | Band | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timing | Crop coefficient, initial stage (ratio) | 0.5 | published: FAO Irrigation and Drainage Paper 56, 1998 |
Mid-season
| Zone | Measure | Band | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timing | Crop coefficient, mid-season (ratio) | 0.95 | published: FAO Irrigation and Drainage Paper 56, 1998 |
Late season
| Zone | Measure | Band | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timing | Crop coefficient, end of season (ratio) | 0.3 | published: FAO Irrigation and Drainage Paper 56, 1998 |
Phenophases observed by the USA National Phenology Network
10 phenophases are tracked for this species and refreshed nightly, as stage triggers: All leaves withered, Flowers or flower buds, Fruits, Initial growth, Leaves, Open flowers, Recent fruit or seed drop, Ripe fruits.
Keystone status
Partial. The KEEP rule asks for a growth stage and a band in each of light, air and root zone before a crop counts as complete; this plant is in the keystone with what its sources give so far.
Generated 2026-09-15 from the OAT plant keystone. Source types and citations are carried on every row; the keystone snapshot that the Library instruments read is plant-targets.json and its quality sheet is plant-targets.quality.json.