Africa, SE.Asia, Sri Lanka and Trop. America._x000D_ TN: All plain districts._x000D_ GoM: Mainland coast, rare. Collected on Tambraparani river bank at Athur in Tuticorin. River banks.

Bankura(WB): Vishnupur. A wed of marshy ground, sometimes besides tanks ans watercoures. Frequent Fl-Fr: Nov-Feb.

Banswara, Bhilwara, Jhalawar. Common in moist low-lying areas, rice fields, ponds etc. particularly in South & South Eastern parts of the state

Bastar, Bilaspur, Chhatarpur, Damoh, Raigarh, Raipur, Sidhi Common in water logged paddy fields and along edges of ponds and lakes

Global: Sri Lanka, Malaysia._x000D_ India: Throughout._x000D_ Namdapha (Arunachal): Deban nala.

In drying moist ground at Dharampur,Bulsar, Dangs, Vyara, Chhotaudepur, Panchmahals and north Gujarat.

Maharashtra: Frequent in wet situations and along banks of streams. Ahmednagar, Bombay, Chandrapur, Nagpur, Nasik, Pune, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Thane.

Majuli: Kachaigaon, Karatipar. Common to very common in rice fields, along the margins of canals-ditches-ponds etc. and in wet and swampy localities.

Srikakulam (AP): Sirikonda, Kothakota, Polla. Common weed in cultivated fields and wet areas.

Throughout India, up to 1200 m. Tropical America, Africa, SE.Asia. Orissa: Common in wet places.

Tripura : Sri Lanka, India and Malesia. Throughout the State; very common in paddy field and periodically swampy or inundated localities sometimes forms very large community