Asparagus multiflorus cladodes

The leaves of Asparagus multiflorus, more accurately called cladodes or false leaves, grow in fascicles on stems that start off faintly velvety and pale green, becoming hard, woody and coarse-surfaced.

Up to about seven cladodes grow per fascicle. They start off in a soft or pale green but soon turn blue-green. Their shape is thinly linear to cylindrical, up to 12 mm long with abrupt, sharp tips (Vlok and Schutte-Vlok, 2015; JSTOR; iNaturalist).