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|accepted_name=Mollugo
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 89. 1753
|year=1753
}}, {{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gen. Pl. ed.
|place=5, 39. 1754
|year=1754
}}
|common_names=Carpet-weed
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Lampetia
|authority=Rafinesque
|rank=genus
}}
|hierarchy=Molluginaceae;Mollugo
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Molluginaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Mollugo]]</div></div>
|etymology=from Galium mollugo, probably because of similarity of whorled leaves; Latin mollis, soft or pliant
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 76, 509
|treatment_page=page 510
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual [perennial], glabrous. <b>Stems</b> prostrate to erect, branching from base. <b>Leaves</b> whorled, opposite, or alternate; basal leaves usually largest, cauline leaves gradually reduced distally; stipules absent or rudimentary. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary or terminal, reduced umbellate or cymose. <b>Flowers</b> pedicellate; sepals persistent, 5, distinct, not stellate-pubescent; petals absent; stamens 3–5, alternate with the sepals or carpels, basally connate by a small hypogynous ring; pistils 3–5-locular; ovules 5–15 per locule; styles 3–5, distinct. <b>Fruits</b> capsular, 3-valved. <b>Seeds</b>: flattened laterally, reniform, smooth or reticulate to ribbed, strophioles absent. <b>x</b> = 9.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America;West Indies;Central America;South America;Europe;Asia;Africa;Australia.
|discussion=<p>Species 35 (2 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>Although <i>Mollugo</i> has little economic value, some species have been used medicinally or as vegetables. <i>Mollugo</i> spergula, which has been used in India as a green vegetable, contains bitter triterpenoid saponins and sometimes is used as a source of antiseptics (A. K. Barua et al. 1989) and has been used also as a potherb (A. K. Tripathi 1988). Antifungal compounds have been isolated from <i>Mollugo</i> pentaphylla (M. Hamburger et al. 1989).</p><!--
--><p>The taxonomy of species of <i>Mollugo</i> is in great disarray, and the genus is in need of a thorough worldwide revision.</p><!--
--><p>C. F. Reed (1964), in a study of ore-pile flora, listed <i>Mollugo</i> gracillima Andersson and <i>M. nudicaulis</i> Lamarck from Maryland. The former was based on a misidentified specimen of <i>M. verticillata</i>, while the latter was correctly identified, representing the only known report of the species in North America.</p>
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|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Plants prostrate to ascending; leaves not glaucous; inflorescences sessile axillary, umbels seeds 0.5-0.6 mm, with curved ridges or smooth
|[[Mollugo verticillata|Mollugo verticillata]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Plants erect; leaves glaucous; inflorescences stalked, axillary and terminal, umbellate cymes; seeds 0.3-0.4 mm, finely reticulate
|[[Mollugo cerviana|Mollugo cerviana]]
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name=Mollugo
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=Lampetia
|basionyms=
|family=Molluginaceae
|distribution=North America;West Indies;Central America;South America;Europe;Asia;Africa;Australia.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed.
|publication year=1753;1754
|special status=
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|genus=Mollugo
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