Mollugo flavescens subsp. gracillima
Common Carpetweed
Mollugo verticillata
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- Botanical name
- Mollugo verticillata
- Also known as
- Carpet-Weed, Carpetweed, Common Carpetweed, Green Carpet-Weed, Green Carpetweed, Indian Carpetweed, Indian Chickweed, Whorled Carpetweed
- Family
- Molluginaceae
- Genus
- Mollugo
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Common Carpetweed
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Mollugo verticillata but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Mollugo arenaria
Mollugo axillaris
Mollugo chevalieri
Mollugo costata
Mollugo dichotoma
Mollugo diffusa
Mollugo hoffmannseggiana
Mollugo juncea
Mollugo schrankii
Mollugo spergulaefolia
Mollugo triphylla
Pharnaceum arenarium
Pharnaceum hoffmannseggianum
Pharnaceum verticellatum
Others in Mollugo
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