Asiatic dewflower

Murdannia spirata (L.) G.Brückn. is a member of the Commelinaceae family and is commonly referred to as Asiatic dewflower. It is native to the Oriental region, particularly in Indomalaya, and is found in countries such as China, India, and Southeast Asia. It has also been recorded in the conterminous 48 United States, especially in Florida, where it was first collected in the wild in 1965. The species is distributed across regions including the Andaman Islands, Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central and Southeast, the East Himalaya, Hainan, Jawa, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, Samoa, and Sri Lanka. It typically grows in moist habitats such as wet wastelands, forests, and along streams in its native range, and in Florida, it is found in palm hummocks and marshes.