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Sigesbeckia orientalis
Also called Indian Weed, Eastern St Paul's Wort, Eastern St. Paul's Wort, Stickyweed, Common St Paul's Wort, Common St. Paul’s Wort, Punawaru
Sigesbeckia orientalis, commonly known as Indian weed or common St. Paul's wort, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is a small, upright, sparsely branched shrub with yellow flowers and widespread in Asia, Africa and Australia.
Sigesbeckia orientalis has a broad distribution in Africa and Asia, but has been widely naturalised outside this range. There is debate whether the species is native to Australia.The National Herbarium of New South Wales accepts the species as native. It is a widespread species in Australia growing on river banks and on shallow, stony locations.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sigesbeckia orientalis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
