naturalizedMolluginaceae
Mollugo verticillata
green carpetweed
Naturalized (non-native)non-native
Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.
Mollugo verticillata, the green carpetweed, 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. The species has been reported from every state in the United States except Alaska, Hawaii, and Utah, as well as from British Columbia, Manitoba. Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Although considered an...
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Seasonality
Only 4 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.
Gallery · 6 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 21 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 41 · GBIF 30 records
Waimea, Waikoloa · HawaiʻiiNat 7 · GBIF 9 ✓
ʻAnaehoʻomalu · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kaʻawaloa · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Puʻuwaʻawaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kūkiʻo, Maniniʻōwali · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kohanaiki · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
ʻOʻoma 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
ʻOʻoma 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaloko · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Pūlehunui · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honokōhau 1-3 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalaoa 1-5 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kealakehe · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kaʻūpūlehu · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 1
Paomai · LānaʻiiNat 1
Kamano · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Ka‘ili‘ula · MolokaʻiiNat 1
Kahuku · OʻahuGBIF 1
Puʻuanahulu · HawaiʻiGBIF 1