United States: Illinois,Missouri, Oklahoma, Ohio, Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia; Mexico: Chiapas, Tabasco, Veracruz; Brazil; Cuba; Puerto Rico; St. Vincent and Grenadines: St. Vincent, Trinidad, and Tobago; Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama; French Guiana; Guyana; Suriname; Venezuela; Argentina: Chaco, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, Misiones; Paraguay; Bolivia; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru
An annual or perennial forb in the Onagraceae family.
No information on it being an ornamental.