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Witchweed

Scientific Name

Striga asiatica (L.) Kuntze (ITIS)

Common Name

Witchweed, Asiatic witchweed, red witchweed

Synonym

Striga lutea Lour. (ITIS)

Native To

Africa (Tasker and Westwood 2012)

Date of U.S. Introduction

First identified in North Carolina in 1956 (Tasker and Westwood 2012)

Means of Introduction

Accidental (Spallek et al. 2013)

Impact

Parasitic plant that attacks agricultural crops, including corn, sorghum, sugar cane, and rice (Nail et al. 2014)

Current U.S. Distribution

North Carolina, South Carolina

Witchweed - Invasive.org

Witchweed, parasitic plants

Credit

Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

Source
Invasive.org.

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Federally Regulated

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