Common Name: carpetweed, Indian chickweed
Scientific Name: Mollugo verticillata L.
Family Name: Aizoaceae - Carpetweed Family

Identification Notes:

life cycle - introduced annual, reproducing by seed

stems - prostate with ascending tips, very branched, form mat, not rooting at nodes growth habit 1, growth habit 2, seedlings 1, seedlings 2

leaves - oblanceolate, smooth, whorled 4-8 per node, sessile

flowers - small, petals absent, 5 sepals; sepals green below, white above; stalked, axillary clusters flowers

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