EPPO Global Database

• EPPO Code: EPHHI
• Preferred name: Euphorbia hirta
• Authority: Linnaeus

Southern USA, Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America (except southern cone). Introduced in Western Asia (Arabia, Pakistan), Himalayas, India, Bangladesh, Indochina (except Laos, Myanmar), Malesia (Sulawesi), China (including Taiwan), Japan, Sénégal to Ethiopia, Guinée to Nigeria and Cameroon, Gabon, Zaïre, East Africa, Angola to Mozambique, Madagascar, Australia (Western, Northern, Queensland, New South Wales), New Zealand. A widespread weed, sometimes used as a medicinal plant (especially in Africa)

WSSA list of weeds in North America