An indigenous annual herb common among grasses in soggy, clayey soil beside water courses and paddy fields from wet lowlands to about 1500 m altitude. Flowering throughout the year.
Native plant of West Indies. Introduced and naturalized in moist
places such as roadside ditches, paddy fields, dilapidated walls and bases of
coconut trees from wet lowland to midland hills. Also cultivated in home
gardens. Flowering throughout the year.