A-spec

A-spec, or the a spectrum, is an umbrella term that encompasses both the asexual and aromantic spectra and the many sexual and romantic orientations that are part of them. These orientations involve conditional attractions or experiencing no attraction. It can also be used as an identity term for people who do not differentiate their experiences of conditional or no attraction into separate labels.

Etymology
The term a-spec is short for a spectrum.

On Tumblr, an Aceing History blog speculates that the term "aspec" may have been used to describe the asexual spectrum in late 2015 or early 2016.

Flag
The a-spec flag was created by Tumblr user The-Moon-Is-Aroace on March 25, 2019. The compass rose in the middle is a symbol of how individuals all experience romantic and sexual attraction in different ways, if at all. The green and purple are on opposite sides of the quadrant to show that asexuality and aromanticism are their own separate and independent identities, with the black and gray quadrants connecting them. Black represents the aroace community and gray represents gray communities.

The aloe vera a-spec flag was designed by Tumblr users Sapphic-Squirrel and Hetaces with help from the Inclusionist Discord Server and was posted on November 17, 2019. It was designed to mimic the sapphic, achillean, diamoric, and pluralian flags with three stripes and one plant. The green is for aromantics, the purple for asexuals, and gray for the area between a- and allo- identities.

Controversy
There is some controversy around the term "aspec" allegedly being appropriated from the autistic community.

The term is sometimes more broadly used to include other identities with the 'a-' prefix, such as agender,  though there have also been discussions on how "aspec" should only cover the asexual and aromantic spectra.