文竹与武竹是同科同属植物。文竹为百合科天门冬属多年生草质藤本,根部稍肉质。茎从根颈处丛生,分枝很多,水平状开展,有攀缘性。叶状细枝簇生,绿色。叶小形鳞片状,花形小,近白色,1—3朵生于一短柄上,花梗有节。浆果球形,成熟时紫黑色。内有种子1—3粒。栽培变种有:短文竹,茎丛生,直立,叶状枝细密而短;细叶文竹,其叶状枝稍长,淡绿色, Wen bamboo and bamboo are the same family belong to the same plant. Asparagus bamboo astronomy Asparagus is a perennial grass vine, root slightly fleshy. Stems from the roots of cervical tufts, many branches, horizontal, with climbing. Leafy twigs clustered, green. Leaves small scales, flowers small, nearly white, 1-3 born in a short handle, pedicel with sections. Berry globose, violet black when ripe. There are seeds 1-3. Varieties are cultivated: essay bamboo, stems tufted, erect, leafy branches dense and short; fine leaf Wen bamboo, the leaf slightly longer branches, light green,