Mollugo
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Mollugo is a genus in the flowering plant
family Molluginaceae
. It comprises a few dozen species of herbaceous plant
s, including Mollugo verticillata
, carpetweed or green carpetweed.
Species include:
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
family Molluginaceae
Molluginaceae
Molluginaceae is a family of flowering plants recognized by several taxonomists. The APG II system, of 2003 , also recognizes such a family and assigns it to the order Caryophyllales in the clade core eudicots...
. It comprises a few dozen species of herbaceous plant
Herbaceous plant
A herbaceous plant is a plant that has leaves and stems that die down at the end of the growing season to the soil level. They have no persistent woody stem above ground...
s, including Mollugo verticillata
Mollugo verticillata
Mollugo verticillata is a rapidly spreading annual plant from tropical America. In eastern North America, it is a common weed growing in disturbed areas. It forms a prostrate circular mat that can quickly climb over nearby plants and obstacles.Carpetweed has narrow, whorled leaves of 3-8 at each...
, carpetweed or green carpetweed.
Species include:
- Mollugo cervianaMollugo cervianaMollugo cerviana is a species of flowering plant known by the common name threadstem carpetweed. It can be found on most continents growing as a weed in many types of dry, sandy habitat types. It is an annual herb producing a thin, erect stem up to about 20 centimeters tall...
- Mollugo gracillima
- Mollugo nudicaulis
- Mollugo pentaphylla