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Photographer: Dennis W. Woodland
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Family Molluginaceae
Mollugo verticillata L.
carpetweed, green carpetweed, Indian chickweed
Mollugo: an old name for the genus Galium and transferred to this genus in the family Aizoaceae possibly because of the similarly whorled leaves, and now placed by Jepson in its own family, the Molluginaceae or carpet-weed family
verticillata: whorled
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| Status: | Introduced - naturalized |
| Plant: | matting, annual, 1'-1 1/2' wide, smooth, repeatedly branched forb |
| Flower: | white to greenish, 5-parted, 1/8"-2/5" wide, petals small and often missing; inflorescence of 2-5 stalked flowers from each node; blooms June-Sept. |
| Fruit: | oval capsule |
| Leaf: | whorls of 3-8 leaves |
| Habitat: | dry to moist; disturbed sites, dunes |
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