Indeterminate origin, herb species. Cryptogenic weed.
Other common names
Huang Xi Xin zh, Spreading Hogweed en, Tarvine en, 老来青 zh, 黄寿丹 zh, 黄细心 zh, Red Hogweed en, Wineflower en.
Distribution
Afghanistan, American Samoa, Angola, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Caribbean Netherlands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curaçao, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon, Ghana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Kiribati, Laos, Liberia, Macau, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Puerto Rico, Reunion, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint-Barthelemy, Saint-Martin, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Sint Maarten, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, The Bahamas, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United States, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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