[Wikipedia] Mediterranean Basin, Macaronesia, & Middle East Native, Invasive: It is native to coastal areas of the Mediterranean Basin, Macaronesia, and Middle East [1] but it is known in many other places as an introduced species and sometimes an invasive weed, including several regions of Australia, parts of the western United States and adjacent Mexico, and some Atlantic islands. (link added by Mary Ann Machi)
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