*Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus. Common name: Carpetweed, Indian-chickweed. Phenology: May-Dec. Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas, cracks in sidewalk or road pavement, drawdown zones on river- and pond-shores. Distribution: Native of tropical America.
Origin/Endemic status: Neotropics
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Can, F, Fl5, FNA4, G, GrPl, GW2, Il, K4, Mi, Mo3, NcTx, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, S, S13, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WH3, WV, Boetsch (2002). Basionym: Mollugo verticillata L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Mollugo verticillata - FNA4
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC
- Great Plains: FAC
- Midwest: FAC
- Northcentral & Northeast: FAC
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Sprawling annual of fields, disturbed areas, draw-down zones on river and pond shores. Native of tropical America but now spread throughout most of N. America.
Stems: Stems prostrate and much-branched, forming mats; smooth.
Leaves: Leaves in whorls of 3-8, oblong-lance-shaped to linear, 1/3-1 in. long, smooth.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers on stalks from leaf nodes, 2-5 per node; white; to 1/4 in. wide; consisting of 5 petal-like sepals (often with pale green lines), 3-5 white stamens; and a large green ovary with a 3-parted style.
Fruits: Fruit a capsule.
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Height: to 5 in.
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description: Sprawling annual of fields, disturbed areas, draw-down zones on river and pond shores. Native of tropical America but now spread throughout most of N. America.
stems: Stems prostrate and much-branched, forming mats; smooth.
leaves: Leaves in whorls of 3-8, oblong-lance-shaped to linear, 1/3-1 in. long, smooth.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers on stalks from leaf nodes, 2-5 per node; white; to 1/4 in. wide; consisting of 5 petal-like sepals (often with pale green lines), 3-5 white stamens; and a large green ovary with a 3-parted style.
fruits: Fruit a capsule.
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