In many regions, including the Nepal Eastern Himalayas, this species are used as traditional medicine to treat hepatic diseases.

[6] In India and Pakistan, the species occurs in the Himalayas, stretching from Kashmir to Sikkim on an altitude of 3,600 metres (11,800 ft).

[citation needed] P. Wolswinkel, during the same year, also took note on its invasiveness, as the species was feeding on faba bean.

In 1983, Wolswinkel and Ammerlaan had seen another damage that was caused by this plant, after finding dry matter and ash in the nettle and Aegopodium podagraria species.

[citation needed] In Italy, former Yugoslavia and eastern Europe the species was known to infest sugar beet as well being poisonous to livestock, such as horses.