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green carpetweed
Scientific Name: Mollugo verticillata
Family: Molluginaceae
Category: Dicot
Growth: Forb/herb
Duration: Annual
Other Names:
Green Carpetweed (Mollugo verticillata)
Green Carpetweed, scientifically known as Mollugo verticillata, is an annual plant recognized for its rapid spread and mat-forming growth habit. It's frequently found as a common weed.
Common Names
- Green Carpetweed
- Indian Chickweed
- Whorled Chickweed
- Devil's Grip
- Carpetweed
Taxonomy and Nomenclature
- Scientific Name: Mollugo verticillata L.
- Family: Molluginaceae (Carpetweed Family)
- Synonym: Mollugo berteriana
Distribution and Habitat
- Native to tropical America.
- Introduced and naturalized in eastern North America.
- Found throughout the United States, except in Alaska, Hawaii, and Utah.
- Commonly found in sunny, disturbed areas.
Morphological Characteristics
- Annual plant, growing to approximately 0.2 meters (8 inches) in height.
- Multi-shoot growth habit forming circular mats.
- Stems are prostrate or rarely ascending, wiry, and much-branched, ranging from 2 to 18 inches long.
- Leaves are thin, flat, and produced in whorls of 3 to 8 at each node.
- Flowers are small (approximately 0.5 cm), grow in clusters from the leaf axils, and lack petals.
- Sepals (5) are petal-like, white above, and greenish below.
- Flowers have 3-5 white stamens and a large green ovary with a tiny tripartite style.
Ecological Role
- A late-germinating summer annual.
- Often found in disturbed areas.
Flowering Period
- Flowers from August to September.