''Drymaria cordata'', the tropical chickweed, West Indian chickweed, or golondrina, is a species of flowering plant in the family

Caryophyllaceae Caryophyllaceae, commonly called the pink family or carnation family, is a family of flowering plants. It is included in the dicotyledon order Caryophyllales in the APG III system, alongside 33 other families, including Amaranthaceae, Cactacea ...

. It is native to moist habitats in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa, and has been introduced to many places in the tropics and subtropics, including the southeast US, the Caribbean, the Indian Subcontinent, southern China, Japan, and a number of islands. It is known as one of the most aggressive weeds of the tropical and subtropical parts of the world.

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Caryophyllaceae Flora of Mexico Flora of Central America Flora of northern South America Flora of western South America Flora of the Galápagos Islands Flora of Brazil Flora of northern Chile Flora of Northeast Argentina Flora of Northwest Argentina Flora of Paraguay Flora of Uruguay Flora of Guinea Flora of Sierra Leone Flora of Liberia Flora of Ivory Coast Flora of Nigeria Flora of West-Central Tropical Africa Flora of Sudan Flora of Ethiopia Flora of East Tropical Africa Flora of Zambia Flora of Zimbabwe Flora of Malawi Flora of Mozambique Flora of the Cape Provinces Flora of the Northern Provinces Flora of KwaZulu-Natal Plants described in 1819 {{Caryophyllaceae-stub