Threadstem Carpetweed

Mollugo cerviana

(L.) Ser. Species

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Botanical name
Mollugo cerviana
Also known as
Slender Carpetweed, Threadstem Carpetweed, Wire-Stem Chickweed
Family
Molluginaceae
Genus
Mollugo
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Threadstem Carpetweed

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Mollugo cerviana but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Mollugo cerviana var. cerviana Pharnaceum cerviana Pharnaceum umbellatum

Others in Mollugo

Mollugo flavescens subsp. gracillima
Mollugo angustifolia
Mollugo caespitosa
Mollugo crockeri
Mollugo decandra
Mollugo flavescens
Mollugo fragilis
Mollugo pentaphylla

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