Carpetweed – Mullogo verticillata
Mollugo verticillata L.
Molluginaceae (Carpetweed family)
MI Status
Non-native
Life cycle
Prostrate, mat-forming summer annual.
Leaves
Whorled, smooth, light green leaves (up to eight per node) are spatula-shaped to oblong with a rounded tip and tapered to the base.
Stems
Smooth, prostrate stems with prolific branches form light green, circular mats.
Flowers and fruit
Small, white to greenish white flowers on slender stalks occur in clusters of up to five in the leaf axils. Fruit are small, three-parted, egg-shaped capsules that contain orange-red to orange-brown, glossy, kidney-shaped seeds.
Reproduction
Seeds.
![Carpetweed plant](/pestid/uploads/images/Carpetweed-plant-300x240.jpg)
![Carpetweed seedling](/pestid/uploads/images/Carpetweed-seedling-298x300.jpg)
![Carpetweed flowers and fruit](/pestid/uploads/images/Carpetweed-flowers-and-fruit-300x200.jpg)
![Carpetweed flower](/pestid/uploads/images/Carpetweed-flower-300x271.jpg)
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