Asparagus asparagoides(ASPAS)
Distribution details in Malta
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2012: Present, no details
Asparagus asparagoides has been used as an ornamental plant and is thought to have escaped gardens. It is recorded by Borg (1927) who states that it is established in the surroundings of San Antonio Gardens, Casa Leoni and Buskett.
According to Lanfranco (2005) its cultivation has declined considerably but it still grows at the gardens of the Verdala Palace adjacent to Buskett. It is however neither considered as invasive in Malta nor as imposing a threat to local biodiversity (Lisa Jane Schembri Gambin, Malta Environment and Planning Authority, pers. com., 2013).
According to Lanfranco (2005) its cultivation has declined considerably but it still grows at the gardens of the Verdala Palace adjacent to Buskett. It is however neither considered as invasive in Malta nor as imposing a threat to local biodiversity (Lisa Jane Schembri Gambin, Malta Environment and Planning Authority, pers. com., 2013).
* Borg J (1927) Descriptive Flora of the Maltese Islands. Malta: Government Stationery Office, 846 pp.
* Euro+Med PlantBase - Asparagus asparagoides
http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameCache=Asparagus%20asparagoides&PTRefFk=8000000
* Lanfranco E (2005) Biodiversity Action Plan: Tender for the setting up of a list of alien flora reported from the Maltese Islands. Report commissioned by the Malta Environment and Planning Authority as part of the Biodiversity Action Plan and Habitat Inventorying Programme. (unpublished)
* Euro+Med PlantBase - Asparagus asparagoides
http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameCache=Asparagus%20asparagoides&PTRefFk=8000000
* Lanfranco E (2005) Biodiversity Action Plan: Tender for the setting up of a list of alien flora reported from the Maltese Islands. Report commissioned by the Malta Environment and Planning Authority as part of the Biodiversity Action Plan and Habitat Inventorying Programme. (unpublished)