PHYLLANTHACEAE - - Leaf-flower Family

* Phyllanthus urinaria Linnaeus — Chamber Bitter

* Non-native, native of tropical Southeast Asia.

Habitat:

Gardens and roadsides, apparently preferring nitrogen-rich soils; native of tropical Southeast Asia, now scattered in the tropics and subtropics of both hemispheres.

Habitat information from:
Weakley, Alan S., Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States, Working Draft of 21 May 2015.

Kartesz, J.T., The Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2015. North American Plant Atlas. (http://bonap.net/napa). Chapel Hill, N.C. [maps generated from Kartesz, J.T. 2015. Floristic Synthesis of North America, Version 1.0. Biota of North America Program (BONAP). (in press)].