''Sphenoclea zeylanica'', called chickenspike, gooseweed, and wedgewort, is a widespread species of flowering plant in the genus ''

Sphenoclea ''Sphenoclea'' is a genus of succulent erect annual herbs. They occur in damp habitats throughout the tropics. There are two species, '' S. zeylanica'' and '' S. pongatium''. The genus is placed alone in family Sphenocleaceae. The posi ...

'', native to Africa, Madagascar, tropical and subtropical Asia, and Australia. It is widely introduced in the New World tropics and subtopics from the southern United States to northern Argentina. Its young leaves are edible and are occasionally eaten, perhaps with a light boiling. A common weed of rice paddies, it can cause yield losses from 25 to 50%.

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Solanales Plants described in 1788 {{Solanales-stub