Mollugo verticillata

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Species Distribution Map
Family:MOLLUGINACEAE
Species:Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
Common Name:Green Carpetweed; Indian Chickweed
Habitat:Open disturbed areas often with sandy soils.
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Annual
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:MOVE
Plant Notes:Carpetweed is an introduced annual in the Carpetweed family (Molluginaceae). It is native to the New World tropics. Carpetweed occurs throughout Alabama. It occurs in gardens, in flower beds, on roadsides, in lawns, and in other disturbed, often sandy location. It is an annual with a tap root. The stems are prostrate to ascending, glabrous, and green in color. The stems do not root at the nodes. The leaves are in a basal rosette and cauline. The basal rosette may not be present as the plant matures. The cauline leaves are in whorls of 3-8 and are sessile or short petiolate. The leaf blades are linear to obovate or spatulate in outline, entire, and glabrous. Flowers are produced in sessile axillary umbels. The flowers have 5 sepals that are green with white stripes on the outer surface and white on the inner surface. There are no petals. The fruit is a capsule with small, dark reddish-brown seed. Archaeological evidence indicates that Carpetweed moved north into temperate and subtropical North America with the spread of agriculture among the Native Americans. It has been found at archaeological sites in Tennessee from 3,000 years ago. Carpetweed is sometimes consumed in salads because of its tart taste due to the presence of acetic acid.--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Not Native, FAC (NWI)
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

FamilyMOLLUGINACEAE - Carpetweed family
Genus Mollugo
Species Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus - Green Carpetweed; Indian Chickweed

Citation

Citation MOLLUGO VERTICILLATA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 89. 1753.
Basionym: **
Type: Without data (lectotype: LINN 112.4). Lectotypified by Reveal et al., Huntia 7: 212. 1987.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Mollugo arenaria Mollugo arenaria Kunth, in Humboldt et al., Nov. Gen. Sp. 6: 20. 1823.  
Mollugo berteriana Mollugo berteriana Seringe, in de Candolle, Prodr. 1: 391. 1824. PUERTO RICO:
Mollugo chevalieri Mollugo chevalieri Hutchinson & Dalziel, Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 1: 114. 1927.  
Mollugo dichotoma Mollugo dichotoma Schrank, Pl. Rar. Hort. Monac. t. 64. 1821.  
Mollugo gracillima Mollugo gracillima Andersson, Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 1853: 226. 1853.  
Mollugo hoffmannseggiana Mollugo hoffmannseggiana (Schultes) Seringe, in de Candolle, Prodr. 1: 393. 1824.Pharnaceum hoffmannseggianum Schultes 1820. 
Mollugo juncea Mollugo juncea Fenzl, Ann. Wiener Mus. Naturgesch. 1: 378. 1836.  
Mollugo schrankii Mollugo schrankii Seringe, in de Candolle, Prodr. 1: 391. 1824, nom. illegit.Mollugo dichotoma Schrank 1821. 
Mollugo verticillata var. latifolia Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus, var. latifolia Fenzl, Ann. Wiener Mus. Naturgesch. 1: 376. 1836.  
Mollugo verticillata var. linearis Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus, var. linearis Fenzl, Ann. Wiener Mus. Naturgesch. 1: 377. 1836.  
Pharnaceum arenarium Pharnaceum arenarium (Kunth) Sprengel, Syst. Veg. 1: 949. 1824 ("1825").Mollugo arenaria Kunth 1823. 
Pharnaceum berterianum Pharnaceum berterianum (Seringe) Sprengel, Syst. Veg. 1: 949. 1824 ("1825").Mollugo berteriana Seringe 1824. 
Pharnaceum hoffmannseggianum Pharnaceum hoffmannseggianum Schultes, in Roemer & Schultes, Syst. Veg. 6: 692. 1820.BRAZIL 
Pharnaceum verticillatum Pharnaceum verticillatum (Linnaeus) Sprengel, Syst. Veg. 1: 949. 1824 ("1825").Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus 1753. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke, Cleburne, Coffee, Colbert, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Cullman, Dale, Dallas, Elmore, Escambia, Etowah, Franklin, Greene, Henry, Houston, Jackson, Jefferson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lee, Limestone, Macon, Marengo, Marshall, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Perry, Pickens, Pike, Randolph, Russell, St. Clair, Sumter, Talladega, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Wilcox

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, UNAF, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1874 - 2006

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
JSU133417 Talladega 2 Sep 1983 R. D. Whetstone
13625		 JSU
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
59320 Elmore 19 SEP 2000 HANSEN, CURTIS J.
2000-92		 AUA
MOLLUGO VERTICILLATA L.
JSU133411 Monroe 12 Sep 1997 R. D. Whetstone
18491		 JSU
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
46176 Conecuh 26 JUN 1987 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
3425		 AUA
MOLLUGO VERTICILLATA L.
TROY000038142 Bullock 31 Aug 2012 Bailee Dykes
1189		 TROY
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
TROY000007137 Covington 04 Aug 2002 Alvin R. Diamond
13509		 TROY
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
TROY000021467 Montgomery 23 Jun 2008 Alvin R. Diamond
19466		 TROY
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
UNAF0000685 Lauderdale 18 Jul 1996 Johns, Joel
s.n.		 UNAF
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
JSU133404 Jefferson 28 Sep 1984 J. P. Barber
1146		 JSU
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
33077 Dallas 3 AUG 1976 SESSLER, ANN H.
252		 AUA
MOLLUGO VERTICILLATA L.
JSU133409 Marshall 2 Aug 1992 D. D. Spaulding
2511		 JSU
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
TROY000033470 Barbour 03 Sep 2011 Derek Morrison
65		 TROY
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
UNA00033423 Tuscaloosa 17 Jun 1874 Eugene A. Smith
s.n.		 UNA
Mollugo verticillata L.
JSU133400 Etowah 10 Aug 1974 T. A. Atkinson
600		 JSU
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
30452 Tuscaloosa 4 JUL 1971 BURDETT, R. A.
103		 AUA
MOLLUGO VERTICILLATA L.
UNA00060642 Tuscaloosa 28 Jul 1965 Rebecca Deramus
464		 UNA
Mollugo verticillata L.
69223 Escambia 14 AUG 2008 HANSEN, CURTIS J.
3430		 AUA
MOLLUGO VERTICILLATA L.
UWAL0019361 Lee 24 Jul 1990 Kral, R.
77971		 UWAL
Mollugo verticillata L.
TROY000007143 Monroe 17 Sep 2007 Alvin R. Diamond
18165		 TROY
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
51360 Dale 9 JUN 1991 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
7408		 AUA
MOLLUGO VERTICILLATA L.
TROY000007146 Wilcox 03 Nov 2005 Alvin R. Diamond
16045		 TROY
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
UWAL0012626 Bullock 10 May 2012 Dykes, Bailee
0650		 UWAL
Mollugo verticullata Linnaeus
19389 Autauga 15 JUL 1970 MOORE, HAROLD D.
373		 AUA
MOLLUGO VERTICILLATA L.
JSU133415 Randolph 1 Jan 1985 C. F. Nixon
1194		 JSU
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
UWAL0038601 Lawrence 01 Sep 2018 England, J. Kevin
9432		 UWAL
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
JSU133405 Jefferson 15 Aug 1984 J. P. Barber
948		 JSU
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
34937 Jefferson 23 JUN 1977 SESSLER, ANN H.
1629		 AUA
MOLLUGO VERTICILLATA L.
JSU133394 Calhoun 5 Oct 1986 C. L. Lawler
1337		 JSU
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
SAMF0003724 Tuscaloosa 28 Jul 1965 Deramus, Rebecca
464		 SAMF
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
UNA00059411 Cleburne 02 Jun 2002 D. D. Spaulding
11341		 UNA
Mollugo verticillata L.
JSU133392 Calhoun 19 Jun 1995 S. E. Hruska
717		 JSU
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
48405 Elmore 30 SEP 1980 BOZEMAN, L. L.
34		 AUA
MOLLUGO VERTICILLATA L.
JSU133399 Cullman 20 Jun 1975 R. D. Whetstone
4836		 JSU
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
21112 Jackson 25 JUL 1970 HOPSON, GEORGE R.
.00108		 AUA
MOLLUGO VERTICILLATA L.
JSU133410 Monroe 12 Sep 1997 R. D. Whetstone
18533		 JSU
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
65239 Chilton 27 JUL 2005 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
15557		 AUA
MOLLUGO VERTICILLATA L.
TROY000030372 Jackson 26 Aug 2009 Terry Wayne Barger
361		 TROY
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
JSU133397 Colbert 17 Jul 1965 K. E. Landers
s.n.		 JSU
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
TROY000007139 Crenshaw 09 Sep 2001 Alvin R. Diamond
12646		 TROY
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
TROY000021532 Chilton 27 Jul 2005 Alvin R. Diamond
15557		 TROY
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
UNAF0000157 Lee 19 Apr 1962 Landers, K.E.
s.n.		 UNAF
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
JSU133395 Cherokee 24 Jul 1969 Jerry A. Clonts
s.n.		 JSU
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
32971 Perry 30 JUN 1976 SESSLER, ANN H.
154		 AUA
MOLLUGO VERTICILLATA L.
JSU133408 Marshall 9 Aug 1992 D. D. Spaulding
2604		 JSU
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
UWAL0030479 Morgan 09 Oct 2015 England, J. Kevin
5782		 UWAL
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
UNA00060889 Russell 02 Aug 2002 G. Gil
2001-319		 UNA
Mollugo verticillata L.
TROY000007138 Crenshaw 30 Sep 1999 Alvin R. Diamond
11615		 TROY
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
61842 Choctaw 15 JUL 1995 CROUCH, VIRGINIA E.
1436		 AUA
MOLLUGO VERTICILLATA L.
UNA00033438 Dallas 25 Sep 1977 L. J. Davenport
181		 UNA
Mollugo verticillata L.
JSU133412 Morgan 31 May 1974 R. D. Whetstone
3034		 JSU
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
22612 Lee 14 NOV 1971 KAPA, MILTON
178		 AUA
MOLLUGO VERTICILLATA L.
JSU133401 Jackson 17 Aug 1975 R. D. Whetstone
6680		 JSU
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
55302 Crenshaw 4 JUN 1995 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
9571		 AUA
MOLLUGO VERTICILLATA L.
UNAF0000156 Lauderdale 28 Jul 1970 Adams, Jesse
s.n.		 UNAF
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
UWAL0032163 Houston 09 Jul 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26570		 UWAL
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
TROY000007131 Barbour 02 Aug 2007 Alvin R. Diamond
17840		 TROY
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
41762 Macon 17 JUN 1973 FRENCH, TOM W.
86		 AUA
MOLLUGO VERTICILLATA L.
USAM000008605 Mobile 18 Aug 1976 Michael G. LeLong
3578.2		 USAM
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
20777 Lee 26 JUN 1970 ROGERS, NORMAN
59		 AUA
MOLLUGO VERTICILLATA L.
UWAL0014455 Colbert 08 Jul 2014 England, J. Kevin
5079		 UWAL
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
43986 Pike 10 AUG 1986 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
2685		 AUA
MOLLUGO VERTICILLATA L.
UNA00054315 Blount 11 Jul 1998 Brian R. Keener
1201		 UNA
Mollugo verticillata L.
UNA00022686 Franklin 06 Jul 1956 Joab L. Thomas
96		 UNA
Mollugo verticillata L.
6556 Talladega JUL 1898 ANDREWS, ELIZABETH F.
 AUA
MOLLUGO VERTICILLATA L.
USAM000008604 Baldwin 30 Aug 1980 Michael G. LeLong
11355		 USAM
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
TROY000007142 Monroe 13 Sep 2007 Alvin R. Diamond
18105		 TROY
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
56496 Dale 8 JUL 1996 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
10382		 AUA
MOLLUGO VERTICILLATA L.
UNA00033482 Mobile 25 Jul 1966 Rebecca Deramus
D971		 UNA
Mollugo verticillata L.
TROY000007134 Butler 27 Jul 2006 Alvin R. Diamond
16759		 TROY
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
UWAL0016231 Escambia 27 Oct 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
24675		 UWAL
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
17845 Lee 16 JUN 1969 MILLER, L. C.
15		 AUA
MOLLUGO VERTICILLATA L.
TROY000007133 Butler 02 Sep 2006 Alvin R. Diamond
16855		 TROY
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
UWAL0005183 Montgomery 14 Sep 2008 Diamond, A.R.
20010		 UWAL
Mollugo verticillata L.
UWAL0011183 Marengo 11 Jul 2012 England, J. Kevin
3645		 UWAL
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
JSU133403 Jackson 30 Aug 1997 J. M. Ballard
7418		 JSU
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
33246 Bibb 2 SEP 1976 SESSLER, ANN H.
506		 AUA
MOLLUGO VERTICILLATA L.
UWAL0030922 Henry 06 Aug 1996 Kral, R.
86424		 UWAL
Mollugo verticillata L.
JSU133390 Calhoun 30 Jul 1986 C. L. Lawler
826		 JSU
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
TROY000037127 Bullock 10 May 2012 Bailee Dykes
650		 TROY
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
UNA00033433 Bibb 16 Sep 1985 Charles N. Horn
932		 UNA
Mollugo verticillata L.
JSU133416 St. Clair 9 Sep 1983 R. D. Whetstone
13742		 JSU
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
48315 Houston 2 NOV 1980 BEARD, BEN
75		 AUA
MOLLUGO VERTICILLATA L.
UWAL0037255 Elmore 16 Jul 2016 Spaulding, Daniel D.
14715		 UWAL
Mollugo verticillata L.
UNA00033443 Mobile 15 Jul 1965 Rebecca Deramus
D581		 UNA
Mollugo verticillata L.
TROY000007132 Bullock 20 Aug 2002 Alvin R. Diamond
13607		 TROY
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
UWAL0005184 Walker 20 Jul 2002 Keener, Brian R.
2283		 UWAL
Mollugo verticillata L.
JSU133406 Jefferson 17 Oct 1975 R. D. Whetstone
7178		 JSU
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
49390 Bullock 5 SEP 1988 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
5464		 AUA
MOLLUGO VERTICILLATA L.
1736 Colbert 17 JUL 1965 LANDERS, KENNETH E.
 AUA
MOLLUGO VERTICILLATA L.
TROY000007145 Pike 02 Jul 2006 Alvin R. Diamond
16614		 TROY
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
62261 Russell 2 AUG 2002 GIL, GLENDA
2001-319		 AUA
MOLLUGO VERTICILLATA L.
TROY000042985 Houston 09 Jul 2015 Alvin R. Diamond
26570		 TROY
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
33403 Bibb 16 SEP 1976 SESSLER, ANN H.
695		 AUA
MOLLUGO VERTICILLATA L.
UWAL0035861 Blount 06 Jul 2015 Anderson, Kelly
0882		 UWAL
Mollugo verticillata L.
JSU133393 Calhoun 17 Aug 1986 C. L. Lawler
965		 JSU
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
TROY000021533 Cleburne 02 Jun 2002 Daniel D. Spaulding
11341		 TROY
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
UNA00033418 Pickens 04 Jul 1986 Charles N. Horn
1128		 UNA
Mollugo verticillata L.
JSU133414 Morgan 7 Aug 1975 R. D. Whetstone
5963		 JSU
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
71108 Dallas 21 JUL 201 BARGER, T. WAYNE
OC-439		 AUA
MOLLUGO VERTICILLATA L.
UWAL0033297 Franklin 13 Aug 2016 England, J. Kevin
6723		 UWAL
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
JSU133391 Calhoun 3 Aug 1982 R. D. Whetstone
11807		 JSU
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
48187 Barbour 3 NOV 1980 JACKSON, MIKE
116		 AUA
MOLLUGO VERTICILLATA L.
JSU133396 Clarke 13 Sep 1997 R. D. Whetstone
18850		 JSU
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
65317 Wilcox 3 NOV 2005 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
16045		 AUA
MOLLUGO VERTICILLATA L.
UWAL0005181 Dale 06 Oct 2006 Keener, Brian R.
3135		 UWAL
Mollugo verticillata L.
UWAL0008713 Marengo 28 Jun 2011 England, J. Kevin
2950		 UWAL
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
JSU133398 Colbert 17 Jul 1965 K. E. Landers
s.n.		 JSU
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
AUA000030524 Morgan 9 OCT 2015 ENGLAND, J. KEVIN
5782		 AUA
MOLLUGO VERTICILLATA L.
23577 Limestone 3 JUL 1971 WHITE, DUDLEY
5		 AUA
MOLLUGO VERTICILLATA L.
TROY000007141 Dale 06 Aug 1999 Tiffany Pennington
43		 TROY
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
41761 Randolph 26 JUL 1973 SPENCER, S. K.
99		 AUA
MOLLUGO VERTICILLATA L.
TROY000007144 Pike 21 Aug 2000 James A. Hall
131		 TROY
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
UWAL0031730 Crenshaw 23 Jul 1993 Kral, R.
82946		 UWAL
Mollugo verticillata L.
UNA00065734 Pike 02 Jul 2006 Alvin R. Diamond
16614		 UNA
Mollugo verticillata L.
UNA00033448 Franklin 15 Jul 1956 Joab L. Thomas
96		 UNA
Mollugo verticillata L.
TROY000007136 Conecuh 30 Sep 2000 Alvin R. Diamond
12156		 TROY
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
2150 Elmore 8 JUN 1948 DAVIS, DONALD E.
 AUA
MOLLUGO VERTICILLATA L.
JSU133389 Bibb 31 Jul 1998 R. D. Whetstone
9665		 JSU
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
7307 Mobile 31 AUG 1960 JONES, JR., SAMUEL B.
285		 AUA
MOLLUGO VERTICILLATA L.
JSU133407 Limestone 14 Jun 1996 R. D. Whetstone
18045		 JSU
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
49322 Pike 31 MAY 1988 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
4914		 AUA
MOLLUGO VERTICILLATA L.
UWAL0015237 Sumter 30 Sep 2013 Keener, Brian R.
8206		 UWAL
Mollugo verticillata L.
JSU133413 Morgan 5 Aug 1974 T. A. Atkinson
502		 JSU
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
UWAL0005182 Escambia 14 Aug 2008 Hansen, C.J.
3433		 UWAL
Mollugo verticillata L.
JSU133402 Jackson 13 Aug 1998 K. R. Brodeur
1233		 JSU
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
63687 Walker 9 SEP 1980 FREEMAN, JOHN D.
6		 AUA
MOLLUGO VERTICILLATA L.
AUA000030755 Escambia 25 Jun 2010 HANSEN, CURTIS J.
4796		 AUA
MOLLUGO VERTICILLATA L.
11242 Lee 29 MAY 1963 ROGERS, KENNETH E.
 AUA
MOLLUGO VERTICILLATA L.
UWAL0015990 Bullock 31 Aug 2012 Dykes, Bailee
1189		 UWAL
Mollugo verticillata L.
TROY000007140 Dale 18 Jul 2000 Michael Woods
8201		 TROY
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
UNA00066289 Butler 27 Jul 2006 Alvin R. Diamond
16759		 UNA
Mollugo verticillata L.
UNA00033453 Sumter 02 Jul 1969 Joab L. Thomas
2279		 UNA
Mollugo verticillata L.
TROY000007135 Coffee 08 Aug 2000 Brian H. Martin
847		 TROY
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
SAMF0003725 Greene 28 Jul 2012 Davenport, L. J.
5266		 SAMF
Mollugo verticillata Linnaeus
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