Distribution: Naturalized in Madagascar

Bioclimate: Humid, Subhumid, Dry

Vegetation Formation: Grassland, Inselberg/Rock Face, uncertain

Elevation (m): 0-499, 500-999, 1000-1499, 1500-1999

Province: Antananarivo, Antsiranana, Fianarantsoa, Mahajanga, Toamasina, Toliara

Protected Areas : Andohahela, Andringitra, Kalambatritra, Manongarivo, Montagne d’Ambre, Zahamena

Important sites outside protected areas: Ankaratra

Note: We follow most recent authors in accepting a broad circumscription of this cosmopolitan weed, several forms of which occur in Madagascar, and which have been described under different sp or infraspecific names.

Updated on: 20 Oct. 2008