Cannabis sativa
Wild Cannabis sativa in its native Central Asian range is a sun‑loving, ruderal/riverbank annual or short‑lived perennial that establishes in disturbed, well‑drained soils (roadsides, field edges, riverbanks) and grows through a warm, high‑light spring–summer before flowering as days shorten. Cannabis is a controlled plant in many countries and states; check local law before growing it.
Where it grows wild
Typically found in open, disturbed habitats — roadsides, field margins, abandoned ground, riverbanks and other open riparian sites. Plants are frequently recorded at the edge of cultivation or degraded sites rather than deep forest; many records are of ruderal or feral populations in sunny situations.
Recorded from near sea level up to montane elevations (reports and herbarium specimens exist to ~3,000 m), but most mapped occurrences in the provided GBIF subset are at low elevations. Local microtopography (ravines, valley floors) produces the highest-elevation wild occurrences.
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