Mollugo verticillata
L.
Indian Chickweed, Green carpetweed
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves
Entire plant - cooked. It can be used as a pot herb or added to soups during the last minutes of cooking.
Where to Find It
Eastern and western N. America - southwards from Quebec and British Columbia.
NORTHERN AMERICA: Canada (Québec, Nova Scotia, Ontario, New Brunswick, Manitoba, British Columbia), United States (Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Illinois, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming, Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, New Mexico, Texas, Arizona, California, Nevada), Mexico (Baja, Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Durango, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Campeche, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México, Michoacán de Ocampo, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Yucatán) SOUTHERN AMERICA: Hispaniola, Cuba, United States (Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, U.S.), Virgin Islands (British), Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador, Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina), Bolivia, Ecuador (El Oro, Guayas, Manabí), Peru (Ancash, Arequipa, Cajamarca, La Libertad, Lambayeque, Lima, Piura, Tumbes), Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
How to Identify
Mollugo verticillata is a ANNUAL growing to 0.2 m (0ft 8in). It is in flower from August to September. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs). Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It prefers moist soil.
How to Grow
Not known
Propagation: Seed -
Medicinal Uses
Demulcent Poultice. Demulcent, poultice.
