Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Mollugo verticillata
FAMILY
Molluginaceae
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Read more about Carpetweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mollugo verticillata
FAMILY
Molluginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Mollugo verticillata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Mollugo verticillata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 069-04-001:
Mollugo verticillata FAMILY Aizoaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Mollugo verticillata
COMMON NAME:
Carpetweed, Indian-chickweed, Green Carpetweed
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_move_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_move_004_lvd
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USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970 swus_page_151
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JK Marlow jkm250711_1585
July Greenville County SC
A prostrate mat-forming weed with whorls of oblanceolate leaves, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm250712_1590
July Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm250712_1592
July Greenville County SC
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_m_verticillata_0018b
July Iredell County NC
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_m_verticillata_1
July Iredell County NC
The mostly prostrate stems spread radially from a central root, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_m_verticillata_s
September
A few 3/16" flowers from each node. Sepals white but green-striped beneath, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_m_verticillata_0052
September Iredell County NC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Mollugo verticillata
FAMILY
Molluginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mollugo verticillata
FAMILY
Molluginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Mollugo verticillata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Mollugo verticillata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 069-04-001:
Mollugo verticillata
FAMILY
Aizoaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Mollugo verticillata
940
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas, cracks in sidewalk or road pavement, drawdown zones on river- and pond-shores, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: tropical America
Common
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, appearing whorled
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Sepals green
with white margins
5 sepals
Petals absent
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p272
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p137
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p007
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p024
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p035
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses (Murphy et al., 1992) p067
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