Family: Asparagaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Thrives in tropical climates
  
• Potentially toxic to people
  
• Tolerates many soil types
  
• A geophyte. Able to reproduce by tuberous corms
  
• Seeds dispersed by wind (but rarely, if ever, produced in cultivation)
  
• Spreads vegetatively (slowly)
  
• Missing ecological information may reduce accuracy of risk prediction

Low Risk Traits:

• No confirmed reports of invasiveness or naturalization
  
• Unarmed (no spines, thorns or burrs)
  
• Requires full sun (unlikely to grow in intact forest understory)
  
• Ornamental with fragrant flowers
  
• Lack of seed production makes inadvertent dispersal and spread unlikely