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|accepted_name=Mollugo cerviana
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) Seringe
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr.
|place=1: 392. 1824
|year=1824
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|common_names=Slender carpet-weed;thread-stem carpet-weed
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Pharnaceum cervianum
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|publication_title=Sp. Pl.
|publication_place=1: 272. 1753
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Molluginaceae;Mollugo;Mollugo cerviana
|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 class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Mollugo cerviana]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 507, 510
|treatment_page=page 511
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>erect, 3–20 cm. <b>Leaves</b> glaucous, in whorls of 4–12, basal rosette present; petiole 0.8–1.1 mm; blade linear to spatulate, 3–15 × 1–5 mm, base cuneate, apex acute to obtuse. <b>Inflorescences</b>: flowers in groups of 3–4 in stalked, axillary and terminal umbellate cymes. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals pale green, glaucous abaxially, white adaxially, elliptic to obovate, 1–1.5 × 1–1.6 mm, margins white, membranous; stamens 5, alternate with sepals; pedicel erect to spreading, 3–11 mm. <b>Capsules</b> subglobose, 1.5–1.8 × 1.5–1.9 mm. <b>Seeds</b> 20–40, brown, finely reticulate, 0.3–0.4 × 0.2–0.4 mm. <b>2n</b> = 18.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late summer–early fall.
|habitat=Open woodlands, dry sandy soils
|elevation=400-2300 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;N.Mex.;Tex.;Utah;n Mexico;s Europe;s Asia;Africa;Australia.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>A specimen (in PH) of <i>Mollugo cerviana</i> is known as a waif from ballast in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.</p><!--
--><p><i>Mollugo cerviana</i> is a weed of sandy places in tropical and subtropical regions around the world (T. S. Bakshi and R. N. Kapil 1954; V. V. Sivarajan 1988). It has been used in India to treat fevers, and post-partum discharges and to purify the blood (K. R. Kirtikar and B. D. Basu 1935). In Africa, it is dried, powdered, and burned, and put in incisions to treat pleurisy, and the leaves are chewed to treat coughs and reduce hangovers (H. M. Burkill 1985). The species does not compete well in crowded conditions (Bakshi and Kapil 1954). Several varieties have been described, but delimitation of the varieties is unclear and needs further study.</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=bakshi1954a
|text=Bakshi, T. S. and R. N. Kapil. 1954. The morphology of Mollugo cerviana Ser. J. Indian Bot. Soc. 33: 309–328.
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name=Mollugo cerviana
|authority=(Linnaeus) Seringe
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Pharnaceum cervianum
|family=Molluginaceae
|phenology=Flowering late summer–early fall.
|habitat=Open woodlands, dry sandy soils
|elevation=400-2300 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;N.Mex.;Tex.;Utah;n Mexico;s Europe;s Asia;Africa;Australia.
|introduced=true
|reference=bakshi1954a
|publication title=in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr.
|publication year=1824
|special status=Introduced
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|genus=Mollugo
|species=Mollugo cerviana
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