Green Carpetweed (Mollugo verticillata): Summer Annual Weed

Green carpetweed is a prostrate, mat-forming summer annual with whorls of narrow, light green leaves and tiny, white, star-shaped flowers. It spreads rapidly in warm weather, forming a dense carpet in disturbed soils, gardens, and cracks in pavement.

Botanical Profile

This cosmopolitan weed thrives in full sun and any soil. It's easily pulled but produces abundant seeds. Often appears in newly seeded lawns and vegetable gardens. Not typically cultivated; considered a nuisance weed in most contexts.