Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Mollugo verticillata
FAMILY
Molluginaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mollugo verticillata
FAMILY
Molluginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Mollugo verticillata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Mollugo verticillata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 069-04-001:
Mollugo verticillata FAMILY Aizoaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Mollugo verticillata
COMMON NAME:
Carpetweed, Indian-chickweed, Green Carpetweed
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_m_verticillata_0018b
July Iredell County NC
A prostrate mat-forming weed with whorls of oblanceolate leaves, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
Terry Holdsclaw tdh_m_verticillata_1
July Iredell County NC
The mostly prostrate stems spread radially from a central root, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_m_verticillata_s
September
A few 3/16" flowers from each node. Sepals white but green-striped beneath, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Mollugo verticillata
FAMILY
Molluginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mollugo verticillata
FAMILY
Molluginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Mollugo verticillata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Mollugo verticillata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 069-04-001:
Mollugo verticillata
FAMILY
Aizoaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Mollugo verticillata
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