Mukdenia rossii Karasuba Burma/Myanmar The growth habit is dramatically

The growth habit is dramatically upright with large

but recent DNA testing showed it actually is Asparagus cochinchinensis

5' tall clump composed of upright dark purple stems

Miss Huff of nearby Athens

Mukdenia rossii Karasuba Burma/Myanmar The growth habit is dramatically(aka: Aceriphyllum rossii) With a name like Mukdenia, it's gotta' be good and it is. I first ran across mukdenia in 1997 while botanizing Korea's Mt. Sorak. There it was on a sheer rock cliff, resembling dozens of hands trying to claw their way up from the crypt sorry, far too many horror movies as a child. In the garden, mukdenia prefers moist, rich soil, where it forms a 2' wide deciduous clump of green foliage, topped in April and May (NC) with 2'