{"id":1067,"date":"2010-02-12T16:29:05","date_gmt":"2010-02-12T21:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/?page_id=1067"},"modified":"2019-01-30T18:54:07","modified_gmt":"2019-01-30T18:54:07","slug":"carpetweed","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/grower-services\/weeds\/carpetweed\/","title":{"rendered":"Carpetweed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1077 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/carpet1.gif\" alt=\"Photo showing several branching stems of a sprawling weed called Carpetweed\" width=\"154\" height=\"233\" \/><\/span>Family:<\/strong> Molluginaceae (The Carpetweed Family)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Genus:<\/strong> <em>Mollugo | <\/em><strong>Species:<\/strong> <em>verticillata L.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Description:<\/strong> Grows very low to the ground and has small, white flowers on short stalks originating from the axils of the leaves. The\u00a0leaves are 1\/2-1&#8243; long and are arranged in whorls of 5 or 6, usually resting upon the surface of the ground. The leaf blades are slightly wider towards the tips. Carpetweeds, as their name implies, quickly &#8216;carpet&#8217; newly cultivated ground and are distributed from coast to coast in the U.S. <strong>[summer annual]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Habitat:<\/strong> roadsides, cultivated ground, sandy places;<\/p>\n<p><strong>In Bloom:<\/strong> July &#8211; November<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1078\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/carpet2.gif\" alt=\"Another photo of a carpetweed (closer view of one of the horizontal branches)\" width=\"155\" height=\"177\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Family: Molluginaceae (The Carpetweed Family) Genus: Mollugo | Species: verticillata L. 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