Climber to c. 5 m high, with a short, branching rhizome. Lateral branches spreading more or less horizontally. Cladodes acicular-linear, many per bract axil, 4–7 mm long, 0.5 mm wide. Flowers bisexual, 5–7 mm wide, white to pale green. Anthers shorter than the perianth. Ovary c. 2 mm diam. Berry globular, 4–5 mm diam., black. Seed solitary, 3–4 mm diam. Climbing Asparagus Fern. Flowers Sep.–Mar.
GipP, WaP, Gold, EGL, HSF. Also naturalised WA, SA, Qld, NSW. Native to southern Africa. A commonly cultivated climber, as an indoor plant or as a cover for fences, trellises, etc, and persisting in old garden sites.
