Mollugo verticillata

Common Name: 

carpetweed, indian chickweed

Scientific Name: 

Mollugo verticillata L.

Family Name: 

Aizoaceae - Carpetweed Family

Identification Notes

Life Cycle

introduced annual, reproducing by seed

Stems

prostate with ascending tips, very branched, form mat, not rooting at nodes

Leaves

oblanceolate, smooth, whorled 4-8 per node, sessile

Flowers

small, petals absent, 5 sepals; sepals green below, white above; stalked, axillary clusters