[The Carpetweed Family in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington]

Carpetweed, Green Carpetweed, Indian Chickweed

Mollugo verticillata

Synonym: Mollugo berteriana

Carpetweed, Green Carpetweed, Indian Chickweed: Mollugo verticillata (Synonym: Mollugo berteriana)

A mass of carpetweed blanketing the bottom of a vernal pool along the Company Road which parallels the west bank of the Klickitat River near Beeks Canyon, Klickitat County, Washington.........July 21, 2011.

Close-up sideview of a flower of Carpetweed, Green Carpetweed, Indian Chickweed: Mollugo verticillata (Synonym: Mollugo berteriana) - Close-up view of a flower of Carpetweed, Green Carpetweed, Indian Chickweed: Mollugo verticillata (Synonym: Mollugo berteriana) - Basal leaf rosette of Carpetweed, Green Carpetweed, Indian Chickweed: Mollugo verticillata (Synonym: Mollugo berteriana)

Close-ups of the flowers and leaves of carpetweed as seen on the bottom of a vernal pool along the Company Road which parallels the west bank of the Klickitat River near Beeks Canyon, Klickitat County, Washington........July 21, 2011.

Carpetweed, Green Carpetweed, Indian Chickweed: Mollugo verticillata (Synonym: Mollugo berteriana) - Carpetweed, Green Carpetweed, Indian Chickweed: Mollugo verticillata (Synonym: Mollugo berteriana)

Carpetweed as seen partially buried in sandy soils along a drying swale or water course closely paralleling the west bank of the Deschutes River about one-half mile upstream from its mouth........July 27, 2011.

Carpetweed, Green Carpetweed, Indian Chickweed: Mollugo verticillata (Synonym: Mollugo berteriana)

Carpetweed blooming along the Columbia River shoreline at the Sandy River Delta............September 13, 2013.

Carpetweed, Green Carpetweed, Indian Chickweed: Mollugo verticillata (Synonym: Mollugo berteriana) - Carpetweed, Green Carpetweed, Indian Chickweed: Mollugo verticillata (Synonym: Mollugo berteriana)

Carpetweed blooming at left along the Columbia River shoreline at Pierce National Wildlife Refuge..........September 27, 2014. The photo at right shows carpetweed in bloom on the sand and cobble shoreline of Pierce Island, Columbia Land Trust lands in the western Columbia River Gorge......September 7, 2018.

Paul Slichter