Habitats in the Western Desert Electronic Herbarium From our Expeditions

Symphyotrichum squamatum

Family	Compositae
Synonyms	Conyza squamata, Canyzanthus squamatus, Aster squamatus, A. subulatus
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Habitat in Egypt	weed of cultivation, roadsides, waste ground, canal banks
Distribution	native to Central and South America, naturalized in southern Europe, Africa, Arabia and many other regions of the world introduced into Egypt in the 1970, now completely naturalised