Asparagus Island Asparagus Island Asparagus Island is a small tidal island on the eastern side of Mount's Bay, within the parish of Mullion, Cornwall, United Kingdom. It lies within Kynance Cove, a popular tourist site on the western side of The Lizard peninsula and is named after the rare wild asparagus ("Asparagus prostratus") found there. Much of the Lizard peninsula is known for its botany and geology, and about 375 million years ago the molten rock, which eventually became the Lizard, is about 10 km (6 mi) below the surface of the earth and under immense heat and pressure. One of the
Asparagus acutifolius Asparagus acutifolius Asparagus acutifolius, common name wild asparagus, is an evergreen perennial plant belonging to the genus "Asparagus". The specific epithet, , meaning "thorny leaves", is derived from Latin (pointed, acute), and (-leaved), and refers to the characteristic shape of the leaves, a quite common feature in the typical plants of the Mediterranean. "Asparagus acutifolius" reaches on average of height. The stems have much-branched feathery foliage. The "leaves" are in fact needle-like modified stems. The flowers are bell-shaped and in small clusters, greenish-white to yellowish, long. The flowers are dioecious (on each plant they are only male or female). In