Family: Urticaceae
High Risk Traits:
- Elevation range exceeds 1000 m, demonstrating environmental versatility
- Grows in tropical climates
- Naturalized in Florida and possibly elsewhere. No evidence in Hawaiian Islands to date
- A disturbance-adapted weed that may impact agriculture
- Other Pouzolzia species are weeds
- Reproduces by seeds and resprouts from tuberous roots (functional geophyte)
- Seeds dispersed by wind, as a contaminant, and possibly cultivated by people
- Able to coppice and resprout after cutting
Low Risk Traits:
- Despite weediness, also valued for edible and medicinal uses
- Unarmed (no spines, thorns, or burrs)
- Provides fodder for livestock
- Non-toxic
- Not reported to spread vegetatively
- Herbicides may provide effective control