Carpetweed

Mollugo verticillata

Carpetweed is a summer annual forming circular patches several feet in diameter. Leaves are smooth, in whorls of 3 to 8 at each node. Stems, lying on the ground, are smooth and much-branched. Flowers are white and occur in clusters of 2 to 5 with slender stalks. Whorls of leaves at each stem node in addition to the circular, light green, mat-like growth help in identifying carpetweed.