Samolus repens is a species of water pimpernel native to Australia, New Zealand and near-by Pacific islands, and South America (South Chile),[1] where it is common in temperate and subtropic coastlines.

Common names include creeping brookweed[3] and creeping bushweed.

[4] Samolus repens has small white or occasionally pink flowers with a flowering period from September through to March or April.

[4][3] The species was first described by Georg Forster in 1776 as Sheffieldia repens and placed in the genus Samolus in 1805 by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon.

[1] The following synonyms exist:[1][2]