Leobordea platycarpa

Leobordea platycarpa is a common annual plant in the drier parts of the African continent found in open ground, roadsides, cultivated ground and other disturbed places or in short grassland on sand.

Distribution
Recorded growing at altitudes of 900 m to 1400 m L. playcarpa makes its home in open ground, roadsides, cultivated ground and other disturbed places or in short grassland on sand.
 * Native
 * Palearctic:
 * Macaronesia: Cape Verde
 * Northern Africa: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco
 * Afrotropic:
 * Northeast Tropical Africa: Chad, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Sudan
 * East Tropical Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
 * West-Central Tropical Africa: Central African Republic, Zaire
 * South Tropical Africa: Angola, Zimbabwe
 * Southern Africa: Botswana, Namibia, South Africa - Cape Province, Free State, Transvaal
 * Western Indian Ocean: Mauritius
 * Arabian Peninsula: Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
 * Western Asia: Iran, Israel, Syria
 * Indomalaya:
 * Indian Subcontinent: Pakistan