| Author | (L.) Brenan | |
| Distribution | Primarily on the Outer Coastal Plain; disjunct inland to the Annie Wilkerson Nature Preserve in Raleigh, Wake County, discovered there by Brian England in 2016. Photographed in Chatham County in 2024, on iNaturalist.
Native of Asia; in N.A. found in the Coastal Plain of the Southeastern states. | |
| Abundance | Rare to uncommon in the Coastal Plain, rare in the Piedmont. | |
| Habitat | Dry to moist soil of roadsides, cropfields, borrow pit. | |
| Phenology | Flowering and fruiting September-October. | |
| Identification | This dewflower differs from the aggressive and weedy M. keisak in having multiple flowers per flowering stalk (pedicel) and not being an aquatic. | |
| Taxonomic Comments | Formerly in the genus Aneilema.
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| State Rank | SE * | |
| Global Rank | G5 | |
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| USACE-agcp | FAC link |
| USACE-emp | FAC link |
