Asparagus densiflorus (
asparagus fern,
plume asparagus,
foxtail fern) is an
evergreen perennial plant, closely related to the vegetable
asparagus, and
native to southern Africa from Mozambique to South Africa.
A. densiflorus has been confused with
A. aethiopicus, Sprenger's asparagus, now regarded as a separate species, so that information under the name
A. densiflorus will often refer to
A. aethiopicus.