You and your science go way over my head; I’m jus’ looking for ditchweed!
Well, it loooooooves the wet places; in the city, near the building where I worked for ten years, the groundskeeping never quite got rid of it — sprinkler system kept the conditions just right, and the rhizomes bored along the line of shrubs. The same shrubs were always lousy with wild morning glory as well...
I think I forgot to include eggplant in the list of related veggies and flowers, btw.