Summary
Place of publication:
Pittonia 4:46. 1899
Verified:
09/24/1992
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
Capeweed – carpetweed – fogfruit – frogfruit – matgrass – turkey-tangle – turkey-tangle frogfruit – Swedish
grodverbena – Transcribed Chinese
guo jiang teng –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Uganda | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Chad | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Eritrea | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Ethiopia | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Somalia | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Sudan | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Algeria | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Egypt | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Morocco | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Tunisia | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Angola | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Malawi | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Mozambique | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zambia | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zimbabwe | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Botswana | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Eswatini | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Namibia | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Cape Province | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Free State | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Transvaal | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Ghana | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Guinea-Bissau | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Mali | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Mauritania | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Nigeria | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Senegal | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Burundi | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Central African Republic | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Comoros | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Madagascar | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Mauritius | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Reunion | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Seychelles | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Fujian Sheng | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangdong Sheng | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guizhou Sheng | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hainan Sheng | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hubei Sheng | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hunan Sheng | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Jiangsu Sheng | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Jiangxi Sheng | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Sichuan Sheng | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Xizang Zizhiqu | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Yunnan Sheng | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | Hong Kong | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Honshu | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Kyushu | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Ryukyu Islands | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Shikoku | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Afghanistan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Cyprus | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Iran | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Iraq | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Israel | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Jordan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Lebanon | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Syria | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Turkey | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Andhra Pradesh | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Assam | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Bihar | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Delhi | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Gujarat | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Haryana | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Jammu and Kashmir | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Karnataka | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Kerala | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Madhya Pradesh | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Maharashtra | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Punjab | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Rajasthan | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Tamil Nadu | incl. Rameswaram Island |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Uttar Pradesh | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | West Bengal | incl. Sagar Island |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Nepal | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | India | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Myanmar | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Vietnam | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | East Timor | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | Jawa | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | Kalimantan | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | Lesser Sunda Islands | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | Maluku | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | Sulawesi | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | Sumatera | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | Melaka | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | Cagayan Valley (Region II) | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | Central Visayas (Region VII) | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | Central Visayas (Region VII) | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | Luzon | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | Mindanao | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | Northern Mindanao (Region X) | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Singapore | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Papuasia | New Guinea | | |
| 1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | New South Wales | |
| 1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Northern Territory | |
| 1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Queensland | |
| 1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Western Australia | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Switzerland | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Albania | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Greece | Crete | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Italy | | incl. Sardinia, Sicily |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | France | Corse | incl. Corsica |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Spain | | incl. Baleares |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Missouri | s.e. |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Oklahoma | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Pennsylvania | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Chihuahua | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Coahuila de Zaragoza | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Durango | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Nuevo León | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | San Luis Potosí | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Sinaloa | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Sonora | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Tamaulipas | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | New Mexico | s. |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | Texas | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Alabama | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Arkansas | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/main.asp?plantID=3520 |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Georgia | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Kentucky | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Louisiana | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Mississippi | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | North Carolina | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | South Carolina | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Virginia | s.e. |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Campeche | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Chiapas | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Ciudad de México | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Colima | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Guerrero | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Hidalgo | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Jalisco | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | México | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Michoacán de Ocampo | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Nayarit | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Oaxaca | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Puebla | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Quintana Roo | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Tabasco | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Yucatán | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Arizona | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | California | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Nevada | s. |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Utah | s.w. |
| 1 | Native | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | United States | Guam | |
| 1 | Native | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | New Caledonia | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Mato Grosso | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Minas Gerais | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Rio de Janeiro | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Rio Grande do Sul | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Bahamas | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Bermuda | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cayman Islands | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominican Republic | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Guadeloupe | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Haiti | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Jamaica | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Martinique | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Trinidad and Tobago | Trinidad | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Turks and Caicos Islands | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Belize | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Costa Rica | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | El Salvador | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Guatemala | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Honduras | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Nicaragua | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Panama | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | | possibly |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Chile | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Uruguay | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Bolivia | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Guayas | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Manabí | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Amazonas | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Arequipa | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Ayacucho | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Cajamarca | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Cusco | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Huancavelica | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Huánuco | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | La Libertad | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Lambayeque | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Lima | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Piura | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | San Martín | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Tacna | |
| 4 | Naturalized | | | | | widely natzd. |
| 6 | Other | | | | | perhaps native only in New World |
Native
Africa
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NORTHERN AFRICA:
Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, Chad
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Burundi, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa [Cape Province, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal]
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Asia-Temperate
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WESTERN ASIA:
Afghanistan, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
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CHINA:
China [Fujian Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Guizhou Sheng, Hainan Sheng, Hubei Sheng, Hunan Sheng, Jiangsu Sheng, Jiangxi Sheng, Sichuan Sheng, Xizang Zizhiqu, Yunnan Sheng], Hong Kong
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EASTERN ASIA:
Japan [Honshu, Kyushu, Ryukyu Islands, Shikoku], Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India [Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu (incl. Rameswaram Island), Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal (incl. Sagar Island), Karnataka, Delhi], Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan
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PAPUASIA:
New Guinea
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INDO-CHINA:
India [Andaman and Nicobar Islands], Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
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MALESIA:
Indonesia [Sulawesi, Jawa, Kalimantan, Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku, Sumatera], Malaysia [Melaka], Philippines [Northern Mindanao (Region X), Central Visayas (Region VII), Mindanao, Luzon, Central Visayas (Region VII), Cagayan Valley (Region II)], Singapore, East Timor
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia [New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia]
Europe
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MIDDLE EUROPE:
Switzerland
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SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Albania, Greece [Crete], Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily)
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SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain (incl. Baleares), France [Corse (incl. Corsica)]
Northern America
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NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Pennsylvania]
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NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Missouri (s.e.), Oklahoma]
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Florida (http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/main.asp?plantID=3520), Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia (s.e.)]
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SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [New Mexico (s.), Texas]
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SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Arizona, California, Nevada (s.), Utah (s.w.)]
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NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Durango, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas]
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Campeche, Chiapas, Ciudad de México, Colima, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México, Michoacán de Ocampo, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Yucatán]
Pacific
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NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
United States [Guam]
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SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
New Caledonia
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
Bahamas, Bermuda, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Turks and Caicos Islands, Trinidad and Tobago [Trinidad]
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CENTRAL AMERICA:
Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Venezuela
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BRAZIL:
Brazil [Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul]
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador [Guayas, Manabí], Peru [Amazonas, Arequipa, Ayacucho, Cajamarca, Cusco, Huancavelica, Huánuco, La Libertad, Lambayeque, Lima, Piura, San Martín, Tacna]
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina (possibly), Chile, Uruguay
Naturalized
(widely natzd.)
Other
(perhaps native only in New World)
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |
| Medicines | folklore | | Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). |
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(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
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