Mollugo verticillata

Mollugo verticillata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Molluginaceae
Genus: Mollugo
Species: M. verticillata
Binomial name
Mollugo verticillata
L.
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Mollugo arenaria Kunth
  • Mollugo axillaris Schlecht. ex Rohrb. in Mart.
  • Mollugo chevalieri Hutch. & Dalziel
  • Mollugo costata Y.T. Chang & C.F. Wei
  • Mollugo dichotoma Schrank
  • Mollugo diffusa Willd. ex Fenzl
  • Mollugo gracillima Andersson
  • Mollugo hoffmannseggiana Ser. in DC.
  • Mollugo juncea Fenzl
  • Mollugo schrankii Ser. ex DC.
  • Mollugo spergulaefolia Willd. ex Fenzl
  • Mollugo triphylla Schrank ex Steud.
  • Pharnaceum arenarium Spreng.
  • Pharnaceum berteroanum Spreng.
  • Pharnaceum cerviana Mart. ex Rohrb. in Mart.
  • Pharnaceum galioides Willd. ex Schult.
  • Pharnaceum hoffmannseggianum Roem. & Schult.
  • Pharnaceum verticellatum Spreng.

Mollugo verticillata ( green carpetweed)[3] is a rapidly spreading annual plant from tropical America. In eastern North America, it is a common weed growing in disturbed areas. It forms a prostrate circular mat that can quickly climb over nearby plants and obstacles. The species has been reported from every state in the United States except Alaska, Hawaii, and Utah, as well as from British Columbia, Manitoba. Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.[4]

Carpetweed has narrow, whorled leaves of 3-8 at each node. Leaves are about 1–3 cm in length. The flowers are usually in clusters of 2-5, blooming from July through September. They are white or greenish white with tiny 5–15 mm stalks. Flowers quickly turn into fruit that is egg shaped and 1.5–4 mm in length. The seeds are 0.5 mm long and are orange-red.[5][6][7]

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References

  1. ↑ The Plant List
  2. ↑ Tropicos
  3. ↑ "Mollugo verticillata". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  4. ↑ Flora of North America v 4 p 510
  5. ↑ D'Arcy, W.G. 1987. Flora of Panama. Checklist and Index. Part 1: The introduction and checklist. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 17: v–xxx, 1–328.
  6. ↑ P. D. Strausbaugh and Earl L. Core. Flora of West Virginia. 2nd ed. Seneca Books Inc., 1964. ISBN 0-89092-010-9
  7. ↑ Richard H. Uva, Joseph C. Neal, and Joseph M. Ditomaso. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press, 1997. ISBN 0-8014-8334-4
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