Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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Read more about Carpetweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Mollugo verticillata
FAMILY
Molluginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mollugo verticillata
FAMILY
Molluginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 069-04-001:
Mollugo verticillata
FAMILY
Aizoaceae
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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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_m_verticillata_0018b
July Iredell County NC
A prostrate mat-forming weed with whorls of oblanceolate leaves, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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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.
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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.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_m_verticillata_0052
September Iredell County NC