EPPO Global Database

Galinsoga parviflora(GASPA)

Distribution details in Algeria

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2025: Present, no details
First recorded in: 2011
Comments
First found in June 2011 near Saf-Saf (10 km north of Tlemcen) in a national nursery. It is suspected that G. parviflora has been introduced with fruit tree seeds, or as contaminating seeds in growing media associated with planting material imported from France and Italy.

EPPO Reporting Service (2014/175)

EPPO Reporting Service (2025/249) : reported in the Naâma region of Algeria.
References
* Gordo B, Khamar H, Laguna E, Verloove F (2025) An update and catalogue of alien vascular plant species in the Naâma region of Algeria. Botanica 31 115-128.

* Kazi-Tani C (2012) Une nouvelle espèce naturalisée en Algérie: Galinsoga parviflora Cav. Poiretia 4, 17-24.

* Véla E, Rebbas K, Meddour R, de Bélair G (2013) Notes et compléments sur quelques taxons traités dans les volumes 1 à 4. Note sur quelques xénophytes nouveaux pour l’Algérie (et la Tunisie). Addenda. Notes. Xénophytes. 372-376.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Tunisia Present, restricted distribution view...