| Author | (Thunberg) Nakai | |
| Distribution | Scattered across the state. First collected in NC in Charlotte in 1973 by Jim Matthews. More populations will be found in the future if botanists check nurseries and flower gardens.
Native of Asia; in N.A. MD to IN and OK, south to FL and TX. First N.A. collection 1964 in LA. | |
| Abundance | Rare to uncommon. Certainly more numerous than current records indicate. Most NC populations were found since 1990. | |
| Habitat | Discarded flower pots, nurseries, flower gardens, gravel of hospital tramway (Durham Co.), mini golf course (Brunswick Co.), interstate rest area plantings (Iredell Co.), depression in recently burned cypress-gum swamp (Ft. Bragg, Hoke Co., 1993). | |
| Phenology | Flowering and fruiting July-November. | |
| Identification | This is an herb up to about 2 feet tall, with well-spaced, alternate, ovate, long-stalked leaves. Leaves taper to a point, have crenate-dentate margins, and surfaces are appressed-hairy. Flowers and fruits are produced in roundish clusters in leaf axils. Not likely to be confused with other NC plants owing to the rounded clusters in leaf axils; however, without flowers or fruits it looks like many other species. | |
| Taxonomic Comments | | |
| Other Common Name(s) | Hairy Crabweed | |
| State Rank | SE | |
| Global Rank | GNR | |
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| US Status | | |
| USACE-agcp | FACU link |
| USACE-emp | FAC link |
