{{Short description|Species of shrub}} {{Speciesbox |image = Asparagus krebsianus - Copenhagen Botanical Garden - DSC08017.JPG |taxon = Asparagus krebsianus |authority = (Kunth) Jessop (1966) |synonyms = * ''Asparagopsis krebsiana'' {{small|Kunth (1850)}} * ''Protasparagus krebsianus'' {{small|(Kunth) Oberm. (1983)}} |synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:531159-1 ''Asparagus krebsianus'' (Kunth) Jessop]. ''Plants of the World Online''. Retrieved 2 September 2023.</ref> }}

'''''Asparagus krebsianus''''' is a shrub of the ''Asparagus'' genus that is native to rocky areas in southern Africa.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=728-58|title=Threatened Species Programme &#124; SANBI Red List of South African Plants|website=redlist.sanbi.org}}</ref> It ranges from central Malawi through Mozambique to the Northern Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, and Cape Provinces of South Africa.<ref name = powo/>

==Description== It has tuberous roots, and smooth, grey-green, scrambling-twining, sometimes zig-zagged stems. Stems and branches all have slightly darker spines. The leaves are small, linear or needle-like, slightly triangular in cross-section, and appear in tufts.<ref>Obermeyer, A.A. & Immelman, K.L, (1992). ''Flora of southern Africa'', Volume 5, Part 3: 59, 60. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.</ref>

===Related species=== It is part of a group of similar and related African ''Asparagus'' species, including ''Asparagus aethiopicus'', ''Asparagus confertus'' and ''Asparagus densiflorus''.<ref>Maria F Norup, Gitte Petersen, Sandie Burrows, Yanis Bouchenak-Khelladi, Jim Leebens-Mack, J Chris Pires, H Peter Linder, Ole Seberg. (2015). ''Evolution of Asparagus L. (Asparagaceae): Out-of-South-Africa and multiple origins of sexual dimorphism''. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 92: 25-44.</ref>

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krebsianus Category:Flora of the Cape Provinces Category:Flora of KwaZulu-Natal Category:Flora of Malawi Category:Flora of Mozambique Category:Flora of the Northern Provinces Category:Creepers of South Africa Category:Renosterveld

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