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Carpetweed - Mollugo verticillata L.
Weed Identification in Nurseries and Landscapes > Carpetweed
Carpetweed flower Carpetweed flowers and fruit
Carpetweed flower. Carpetweed flowers and fruit.
Carpetweed plant
Carpetweed plant.
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 seedling
Carpetweed seedling.
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Updated: 10/17/07