Carpetweed
| INVASIVE | |
| Scientific Name: | Mollugo verticillata |
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NOTES: Spreads rapidly on the ground to form a dense mat of foliage resembling a carpet. Native to tropical America.
| INVASIVE | |
| Scientific Name: | Mollugo verticillata |
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| Genus species: | Mollugo verticillata | ||||||||||
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| Common Name: | Carpetweed | ||||||||||
| Family Name: | Molluginaceae 
Annual herb, the stems usually prostrate and mat-forming; leaves whorled, simple and linear-lanceolate; flowers bisexual, regular, on pedicels from leaf axils; fruit a capsule. | ||||||||||
| Seed Type: | Angiosperm | ||||||||||
| Origin:
Native: native to North America. Non-native: not native to North America. Introduced Native: native to North America, but not Rowe Woods. * Definitions based on the USDA terminology |
Nonnative | ||||||||||
| Category: | Wildflower | ||||||||||
| Flower Color: | White | ||||||||||
| Identified by: | A. Swanson | ||||||||||
| Months in Bloom: The highlighted month(s) in this chart indicate when the plant has been observed blooming. | |||||||||||
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