It is known by several other common names, including aneilema, wart-removing herb, Asian spiderwort, and marsh dayflower.

[1] The alternate-leaved plant has succulent, prostrate stems 12 to 20 inches long, and forms new roots at the lower nodes.

Three-petaled, perfect flowers, white to bluish-purple or pink, are found in the upper leaf axils and at the ends of stems.

[1] A plant of freshwater marshes and the edges of ponds and streams, Murdannia keisak is associated with the growing of rice in east Asia, where it is native to China, Japan, Korea, and Tibet.

[2][3] Populations are established in the mid-Atlantic and southeastern US, from New Jersey to Florida and west to Arkansas and Louisiana; it is also known from the Columbia River estuary between Washington and Oregon.