石刁柏(Asparagus officinalis)是百合科天门冬属多年生草本植物。春天它的嫩茎齐刷刷地破土而出(见题图),有如石刁(即箭头),以后又长出像柏树一样的叶子,所以叫做石刁柏。嫩茎长出地面后又像竹笋,因此也叫芦笋或露笋。石刁柏原产亚洲西部至欧洲,我国新疆西北部也有野生。早在二千多年前的古罗马时代,欧洲就已开始人工栽培,供食用或药用。我国栽培石刁柏还是近百年来的事,最初是作标 Asparagus officinalis is a perennial herb of Liliaceae. Spring it’s tender stems brushed together (see question map), like stone Diao (ie arrow), and later grow like cypress leaves, so called asparagus. The tender stem grows like a bamboo shoot on the ground, so it is also called asparagus or bamboo shoots. Asparagus native to western Asia to Europe, China’s northwestern Xinjiang also have wild. As early as two thousand years ago in ancient Rome, Europe has started artificial cultivation for food or medicine. Asparagus cultivation in China is still a matter of nearly a century, initially as a standard