Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

• NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
• NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia

Asia-Temperate

• ARABIAN PENINSULA: Oman, Yemen
• WESTERN ASIA: Egypt [Sinai]


Cultivated

Northern America

• United States


Naturalized

Northern America

• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Louisiana]
• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico (s.), Texas]
• SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona (s.)]

Pacific

• NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]

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Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
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