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Fatoua villosa

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Fatoua villosa is an annual herb in the Moraceae (mulberry) family. Common names include mulberry weed, crabweed, or hairy crabweed in English, kuwakusa in Japanese, and shuǐ shémá (水蛇麻) or xiǎo shémá (小蛇麻) in Mandarin. It is native to Eastern Asia, some Pacific islands, and parts of Australia, including in two Australian states, the Bismarck Archipelago, China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, New Guinea, the Philippines, the Solomon Islands, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. It has become an invasive species in the United States where it grows in disturbed areas such as flowerbeds, greenhouses, and agricultural fields.

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Family
Moraceae

Ecology

How it lives

Propagated by
Seed
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Name
Fatoua villosa
Slug
fatoua-villosa
Kingdom
Plantae
Family
Moraceae
Genus
Fatoua
Species
villosa
Propagule type
seed
Container suitable
No
Indoor suitable
No
OSSI pledged
No
Hazard level
1
Data completeness
43

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