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| Last updated: October 2022 |

I first spotted this low-lying herbaceous plant at an open-air carpark near my place in January 2016. Since then, I had started to see it in many areas in Singapore. This plant should be introduced into Singapore around this period as I had not seen it in the past. Being so widespread now, I could not have missed it previously. Moreover, the first collection in Singapore was documented in September 2017 [1]. Someone had asked about its identity in a local newspaper in January 2019. In the iNaturalist website viewed on 30 October 2022, there were 23 sightings from Singapore with the first observation reported in July 2018.

Elsewhere in this region, it was naturalised in Taiwan before 2009 [2].

Reference:

[1] Chen LMJ, Ho BC, Choo LM, Koh SL. Additions to the Flora of Singapore, new and overlooked records of naturalised plant species (1). Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 2018;70(1):91-101. | Read article |

[2] Jung MJ, Hsu TC, Chung SW, Peng CI. Three newly naturalized Asteraceae plants in Taiwan. Taiwania 2009;54(1):76-81. | Read article |

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[2015] Fried G, Dumbardon-Martial E. Premier signalement et extension rapide d´Erigeron bellioides DC. (Asteraceae) en Martinique. Journal de Botanique de la Société Botanique de France 2015;70:23-33. | Read article |