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Re: Asparagus

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Post by gus_massa »

jqm wrote: post #2

They left out an important interesting fact about asparagus... It is a fern.

They are not a kind of “fern” (Pteridophyta) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fern . Asparagus are a kind of “flowering plant” (Angiosperm) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flowering_plant .

More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asparagus

Re: Asparagus

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Post by jqm »

gus_massa wrote: post #3
jqm wrote: post #2

They left out an important interesting fact about asparagus... It is a fern.

They are not a kind of “fern” (Pteridophyta) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fern . Asparagus are a kind of “flowering plant” (Angiosperm) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flowering_plant . More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asparagus

You are right!

I was told once asparagus is a fern and always believed it.

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